Magdalena Glegola wins €16,818.75 workers’ rights appeal

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Magdalena Glegola won an appeal over unpaid employment entitlements in the Court of Appeal on 24 February 2017.

The court held that the State had failed to correctly transpose an EU directive protecting employees when employers become insolvent.

It awarded Ms Glegola €16,818.75 in damages and declared that the State had breached its obligations.

The award arose from a binding Rights Commissioner recommendation covering unfair dismissal, working-time compensation and unpaid wages owed by Metro Spa Ltd.