Daniel Murphy loses €1,600 mileage wages claim at WRC

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Leaving Cert supervisor Daniel Murphy’s claim for more than €1,600 in mileage expenses against the State Examinations Commission was dismissed by the Workplace Relations Commission, reported on 1 October 2024.

Adjudicator Christina Ryan concluded that the sums Murphy sought were expenses rather than wages, so they were not covered by the Payment of Wages Act; she dismissed the complaint as “not well founded”. The claim concerned travel to supervise exams at St Ciaran’s Community School in Kells, Co Meath.