Labour Court upholds £250 recommendation on Route 66 appeal

The Labour Court rejected Route 66 Limited’s appeal and upheld a Rights Commissioner’s recommendation that the company pay a worker £250. The decision was dated 31 May 1995. The worker had been dismissed after five days in a restaurant job. She said she understood she would be trained as a chef and had little time to establish herself; the company said she had been hired on a trial basis and was unsuitable. The Court noted she had not received written employment conditions and the parties disagreed about the trial period.