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Restaurant with 'chronic, institutional failure' to honour breaks ordered to pay €62k
Summary
The Workplace Relations Commission ordered Ascot Catering Ltd, operator of Ciao Bella Roma, to pay more than €62,000 to five former staff for multiple labour law breaches. The tribunal found the restaurant had a chronic failure to honour shift breaks and other statutory rights under the Organisation of Working Time Act while it was still trading before its March 2020 closure. The staff – chefs Daniele Vito Antonetti and Ioan Cosmin Maties, kitchen assistant Darius Radu Peicu, barman Antonio Fillipo Santoiemma and bookkeeper Sandra Maties – complained of unfair dismissal, unlawful pay deductions and working‑time breaches. The employer did not appear at the joint hearing. The tribunal awarded each worker compensation ranging from €720 to €7,500, and ordered the company to pay €4,772 in unpaid wages, €9,706 in notice pay and €31,371.80 for breaches of the Act. The total orders against Ascot Catering Ltd amounted to €62,600.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Restaurant with 'chronic, institutional failure' to honour breaks ordered to pay €62k. Procedural stage: trial
When:
- March 2020 Other
- 20 September Hearing Or Sentence
- 18 March 2020 Hearing Or Sentence
- August 2020 Other
- 2023-11-06 Publication
Places mentioned
- Parliament Street
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