Unnamed manager wins WRC complaint over force majeure leave

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An unnamed manager won a Workplace Relations Commission complaint over force majeure leave, in a decision reported on 2 August 2024; the hearing was held on 12 July 2024.

The adjudicator found that Komfort Kare had refused leave for the two days after his wife’s miscarriage, despite his statutory notice. The report says the manager had brought his wife to the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin after she became unwell.

The WRC upheld the complaint and ordered the home care provider to pay him €7,000. It found the company’s request for details of his wife’s care plan went beyond verifying the reason for leave.