ESB technicians lose overtime claims at Workplace Relations Commission

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ESB technicians’ overtime claims under employment legislation were rejected by the Workplace Relations Commission, as reported on 28 December 2022. The ten test cases concerned allegations that overtime was unlawfully withheld after workers declined to use the MyTime timekeeping app.

Adjudicating officer Jim Dolan found no unilateral change to the technicians’ terms and conditions. He found the delayed payments did not amount to unlawful deductions and rejected all victimisation claims, while recording that sums due in the ten cases had been paid late before the July hearing.