Gary Howard awarded €7,500 in Ryanair unfair dismissal case

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Gary Howard was awarded €7,500 by the Workplace Relations Commission after it upheld his unfair dismissal and breach of payment of wages claims, in a decision reported on 31 March 2023. WRC adjudicator Penelope McGrath awarded €5,000 for the unfair dismissal claim and €2,500 after finding an unlawful deduction involving a 2020 bonus. The ruling accepted that Ryanair’s redundancy and selection process was legitimate, but found Howard’s treatment careless and unfair because he was not given full information about how the selection matrix operated. Howard’s employment as a Flight Operations Officer ended on 29 May 2020.