RTÉ editor given more time over contractor benefits deal

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An unnamed RTÉ editor was given 12 more weeks to consider a benefits deal after a Workplace Relations Commission recommendation reported on 7 November 2024. The dispute concerned her claim that contractor status left her €238,000 worse off than permanent colleagues.

The WRC recommended that RTÉ extend the payment deadline for a €10,500 ex gratia sum and its related terms. It said the worker should receive no more than the broadcaster had provided for under the deal offered to a group of workers.

The editor had worked as a contractor and later signed a part-time employment contract, but declined the retrospective deal and brought a WRC complaint.