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'Cavalier' approach by nail bar boss who dismissed worker sees €1,000 payout
2025-07-21
Trial
Summary
In a Workplace Relations Commission hearing, nail technician Odonchimeg Genenbat, who had been employed for just over a month at Love Your Nails, was awarded €1,000 in compensation for an unfair dismissal. Genenbat was hired on 26 November 2024 and received a termination text on 27 December, without any standard employment documents or payslips. She had requested payslips on 14 December, which were denied, placing her under Section 36 of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000. The adjudicator, Michael McEntee, noted that the dismissal lacked proper procedures, interviews or appeals, and that the employer, Colm Tyrell, failed to attend the hearing. Tyrell cited alleged performance issues, but the tribunal found the dismissal arbitrary and awarded the compensation, marking the first such claim under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 to succeed in over two and a half years.
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What: Report matter: 'Cavalier' approach by nail bar boss who dismissed worker sees €1,000 payout. Procedural stage: trial
When:
- 26 November 2024 Hearing Or Sentence
- 27 December Hearing Or Sentence
- 14 December Hearing Or Sentence
- 23 May Hearing Or Sentence
- Christmas Other
- Christmas Eve Other
- 2025-07-21 Publication
Why: Giving evidence through an interpreter, she explained that she was furnished with neither any standard employment documentation nor any payslips when she started work. CNI source report
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