WRC awards two stable hands compensation after unfair dismissals

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The Workplace Relations Commission awarded Rebecca Conlon and Rachel O’Reilly compensation after finding their dismissals by Forenaghts Stud Farm Ltd were not warranted. The pair had been dismissed after a dispute over the planned euthanasia of two mares.

The adjudicator awarded both workers 16 weeks’ pay: €9,000 to full-time worker Conlon and €5,500 to part-time worker O’Reilly. Conlon also received €3,500 over a failure to provide weekly rest periods; each woman was awarded €100 for technical breaches of employment information rules. The adjudicator said the farm had failed to follow its disciplinary procedures.