Robert Bible awarded €1,000 over public holiday pay

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Robert Bible was awarded €1,000 in compensation after a Workplace Relations Commission decision on his public holiday pay complaint, dated 15 March 2022.

Bible, a full-time firefighter with Waterford City and County Council, complained that his public holiday payments were calculated incorrectly. The WRC found the council should have included regular Sunday and night premiums when calculating his entitlement for three public holidays on which he did not work.

The decision found his claims about overtime, Saturday payments and the night meal allowance were not well founded. It directed the council to pay him €162.41 for the underpayment and to comply with the required calculation method.