Graziano D'amato awarded €42,000 for unfair dismissal

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Graziano D'amato won his unfair dismissal complaint against Tripadmit Ltd at the Workplace Relations Commission on 10 October 2024.

The WRC directed the company to pay him €42,000 after finding his dismissal unfair under the Unfair Dismissals Acts.

The adjudication hearing took place on 14 February 2024. D'amato had worked as a sales and account executive for the travel technology start-up.

The WRC found the company had not clearly established whether it dismissed him over business conditions or his performance.

It also found the company had followed neither a redundancy process nor a performance improvement or disciplinary process.

The adjudicator concluded that the company contributed to D'amato’s continuing financial loss by refusing to provide a written reference.

The award took account of the company’s business pressures and the adjudicator’s view that the ongoing loss was unlikely to reach two years.