The WRC awarded a head chef €23,500 after finding he was unfairly dismissed by his employer. The decision was dated 9 May 2017.
The chef travelled to Mauritius after his father died and believed he had told his employer when he would return. The adjudication officer found that the employer knew of his plans through the manager he worked with most closely and acted unreasonably by dismissing him before he returned.
The officer took account of the chef’s later full-time employment at a slightly lower rate of pay when assessing compensation. The supplied decision text gives no outcome for his separate complaint about not receiving a written statement of his employment terms.