WRC orders Camile franchisee to pay chef €39,413.98 over employment breaches

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The Workplace Relations Commission ordered Santry Food Services, which operates five Camile branches, to pay chef Sujeer Thayyil €39,413.98 after finding eight of his 10 employment complaints well-founded. The award included €308.70 in statutory sick pay.

The complaints followed a dispute over a proposed move from Cork to Dublin and a subsequent change to a second-chef role at the Douglas branch, with lower annual pay. The company conceded breaches involving public holidays, annual leave and rest days.

The WRC did not uphold Thayyil’s unfair-dismissal complaint, finding the company’s statement that his contractual position remained available was inconsistent with dismissal.