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Broadcaster with 'huge sense of self-importance' is already paid more than enough, tribunal decides

Summary

A Workplace Relations Commission adjudicator ruled that a multimedia journalist, earning €84,630 a year plus a chief subeditor allowance, was already well compensated and could not be promoted to newscaster or assistant editor. The journalist had claimed entitlement to higher pay and additional compensation for a project he had worked on since 2010, citing verbal promises from the broadcaster's director of news in 2009. The broadcaster denied any promises and argued the project was a team effort, noting that pensionable allowances had increased the journalist's pension pot by about €100,000. The adjudicator described the journalist as having an extraordinary sense of entitlement and concluded that the €100,000 pension benefit made him more than adequately compensated for the project. The decision rejected all aspects of the industrial dispute under the Industrial Relations Act 1969. The case was heard privately, with the broadcaster represented by Barry Walsh of Fieldfisher LLP and the journalist by Frank Drumm BL.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Broadcaster with 'huge sense of self-importance' is already paid more than enough, tribunal decides. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision

When:

• 2025-02-05 Publication

Why: He had claimed that because he was on-air doing "newscasting" work, he ought to be promoted to either a newscaster, or an assistant editor. CNI source report

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Stage Hearing Or Decision

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