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Awards against Chinese-owned PPE firm top €312k
Summary
An ex‑employee of the Chinese‑owned PPE firm Suirsafe Technologies Ltd, Spela Pintar, secured €68,541.54 after she quit in October 2022 following months without pay. The Workplace Relations Commission upheld her complaints under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977, the Payment of Wages Act 1991 and the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997. Pintar had not received her €4,450.50 monthly salary from July to early October 2022, after agreeing to a pay cut from the original €4,600. She had emailed the company repeatedly for the outstanding wages and presented an email where a representative said Suirsafe had "no budget" to pay her. The adjudicator found the company's non‑payment amounted to repudiatory conduct, justified her resignation and awarded €48,000 for constructive dismissal, €14,378.54 for unpaid wages and €6,163 for accrued annual leave, including €3,000 for a rights breach. The total award was €68,541.54.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Awards against Chinese-owned PPE firm top €312k. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- October 2022 Incident
- 10 January Other
- July 2022 Other
- 7 October Other
- December 2023 Other
- 2024-01-25 Publication
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