WRC finds Breda Kearns’s pay complaint out of time

The Workplace Relations Commission found Breda Kearns’s complaint over an unpaid increment was brought outside the time limit and was not well founded; the merits were not decided. The decision was dated 27 June 2022. Kearns, a Job Coach with WCSE Clg t/a EmployAbility Wexford, said she was due an increment from 1 July 2020 and sought about €2,300. The decision records the next increment on the scale as €2,108. The employer said funding did not allow it to award increments in 2020 or 2021. The WRC said the complaint was received outside the six-month limit. It found that correspondence between the parties did not prevent Kearns from making a timely complaint and that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the claim.