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Nanny taken off payroll during directors 'acrimonious divorce' wins claim

Summary

A Russian nanny who had been employed by a company to care for the children of two directors during their acrimonious divorce was removed from the company's payroll in June 2022. She continued to work and received her net wages from a separate company account, a fact the children's mother confirmed. The nanny, who had been in Ireland since 2010 and had a work visa, argued that the payroll change was solely due to the divorce proceedings and that she remained an employee. The adjudicator found the company breached the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 by failing to provide written statements of employment terms. He awarded the nanny €1,800 in compensation, ordered the company to supply the required statements within a week, and noted that the nanny was lawfully in Ireland and still employed by the firm.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Nanny taken off payroll during directors 'acrimonious divorce' wins claim. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision

When:

• June 2022 Incident
• 2024-10-25 Publication

Why: The father of the children, who controlled the finances of "Redacted Holdings Ltd" – a pseudonym given by the tribunal – said the contract with the nanny was "irregular" and that he stopped the worker's wages because he was concerned about "external scrutiny" of the firm's affairs during the divorce proceedings. CNI source report

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Stage Hearing Or Decision

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Read the original CNI report