Manor Farm worker’s unfair dismissal and pensions complaints fail

The WRC found that Valerij Rynkevic was not unfairly dismissed by Corcoran Brothers UC, which trades as Manor Farm, and found his pensions complaint not well founded. The decision was dated 4 April 2023. Rynkevic worked as a general operative in the company’s chicken processing factory. He said his dismissal was connected to his illness and questioned why the company had not waited for a decision on his disability payment or given him seated work. The company said illness prevented him from doing his job and it had no suitable alternative roles. The WRC accepted that he could not perform the physical work and that no suitable alternative employment was available. It found that dismissal on capability grounds was permitted under the Unfair Dismissals Act. The pensions complaint also failed: the adjudicator said Rynkevic had not identified a specific breach or provided a comparator, meaning another worker in a comparable situation. The notice complaint was withdrawn after Rynkevic confirmed he had received his notice pay. He also withdrew the redundancy complaint at the hearing.