WRC awards €30,278 to worker unfairly dismissed after marrying employer’s daughter

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The Workplace Relations Commission found that an anonymised worker was unfairly dismissed and awarded him €30,278 in compensation. Adjudicator Conor Stokes calculated the award from 54 weeks of lost earnings, accounting for a minimum wage increase in January 2025.

The worker told the WRC that he was dismissed two days after marrying the garage owner’s daughter in autumn 2024. He said he was stabbed when he returned to the garage to collect his car; the assaults were under Garda investigation. The employer did not attend the hearing, and the adjudicator described the worker as a credible witness. The decision withheld the parties’ identities, noting that disclosure could identify an asylum seeker.