The Workplace Relations Commission found that Raquel Cristina Dias Ferreira was unfairly dismissed and ordered Frosch /CTM Ltd to pay her €6,166.68 in compensation. The decision was dated 19 July 2022.
Ferreira had worked for the travel business since 2015. The company said her trainer role was made redundant during a restructuring after the pandemic sharply reduced its business. Ferreira said she remained a travel consultant and argued that her dismissal was unfair.
The adjudication officer found that a genuine redundancy existed and that Ferreira was not unfairly selected. However, the company did not offer her an appeal of its dismissal decision. The officer found this was a significant procedural failure that made the dismissal unfair. The compensation was set at two months’ gross pay.