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Insurance company that took salesman's entire final month's wages ordered to pay it back
2024-03-26
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Summary
In a decision by the Workplace Relations Commission, Ur Insurances (Europe) Ltd, trading as Actual Insurances, was found to have no basis for claiming that salesman Alan Rooney owed the company nearly €5,000 in commission. Rooney had resigned in February 2023, and the company had deducted the entire net amount of his final month's gross salary of €2,500, citing a supposed overpayment of commissions. Rooney argued the deduction was unlawful and that the company had not overpaid him at any time. The commission noted that the company had processed the payment through payroll, paid income tax, and then deducted €2,138.58 from his net salary. The adjudicator, David James Murphy, concluded that Rooney was entitled to his full net wages and ordered the company to pay him €2,138.58 for February 2023.
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What: Report matter: Insurance company that took salesman's entire final month's wages ordered to pay it back. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- June 2023 Hearing Or Sentence
- February 2023 Other
- 2024-03-26 Publication
Why: He explained that there had been a monthly sales target of €8,000 while he was there – a "rolling target" which would see any shortfall added to the following month's goal, so that a €6,000 sales total would lead to a €10,000 target the following month. CNI source report
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