The Workplace Relations Commission ordered Metropolitan Films International Limited to pay stagehand Mark Loftus €5,979.20 after finding his written employment terms gave the wrong employer name and address and an incorrect start date. The decision, dated 15 December 2023, found the complaint under the Terms of Employment (Information) Act well founded.
Loftus said he had worked on the company group’s film and television productions since 2014, with breaks between productions, and had not received a correct statement of his terms. The company argued that separate production companies employed him and that his complaints were out of time. The adjudicator found Metropolitan Films International Limited was his employer and that the complaints were in time.
The Payment of Wages complaint was not well founded because wages were not properly payable while Loftus was laid off and did no work. His complaint under the Organisation of Working Time Act was withdrawn.