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Children's app publisher took 'complete advantage' of loyal employee, WRC finds
2023-05-19
Hearing Or Decision
Summary
Zulleon Ltd, a children's app publisher, was found by the Workplace Relations Commission to have taken "complete advantage" of Aaron Healy, a loyal producer who stayed on after a round of redundancies to help keep the start‑up afloat. Healy claimed unpaid wages, holiday entitlements and compensation, plus a redundancy lump sum of about €5,000. He reported that the company promised him payment "soon" or "in a few weeks" but delivered nothing, and that it had failed to pay tax, VAT and PAYE to Revenue. The adjudicating officer, John Harraghy, ordered the firm to pay €4,166 for notice pay, €4,396.73 for 19 days of accrued leave, and €2,500 for breach of the working‑time law, totalling €11,062. In addition, a statutory redundancy lump sum of roughly €5,000 was awarded, bringing the total orders against Zulleon to €11,062 plus the statutory sum.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Children's app publisher took 'complete advantage' of loyal employee, WRC finds. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- September 2022 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2023-05-19 Publication
Why: The complainant said he kept helping out as he had been asked, in order to "keep things going until a buyer was found". CNI source report
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