The Workplace Relations Commission ordered Mde Installations to pay Karl Bird €1,794 after finding the company unlawfully deducted his wages for training costs. The decision is dated 2 February 2022. Bird worked for the company for 11 days before being dismissed. Mde Installations said his contract allowed it to deduct €1,800 in training costs if he left during training, and it recovered €1,794 from his wages. The adjudicator found the clause allowed a deduction if Bird resigned, but he had been dismissed. The deduction was therefore unauthorised, and taking all his wages was not fair or reasonable.
WRC orders Mde Installations to pay worker €1,794 in withheld wages
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