Unnamed shop manager awarded €40,000 for wage retaliation

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An unnamed convenience store manager was awarded €40,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission for retaliation linked to her protected disclosure about wages. The proceedings were reported on 10 June 2024. The WRC said she reported an attempt to pay part of her salary outside payroll and was threatened after objecting to cash payments.

The commission found her responsibilities were removed after another manager took over her role, amounting to an effective demotion. It ordered a further €3,621 for salary underpayments and failure to provide a written statement of changes to her job.