WRC awards bus escort €1,072 after finding school dismissal unfair

The Workplace Relations Commission found Hilary Fagan’s dismissal by Scoil Choca Naofa unfair and awarded her €1,072, equivalent to four weeks’ pay. The decision was dated 21 November 2022. Fagan had worked as a bus escort. After the child she escorted left the school, she said she was told she would escort another child, but the board voted to keep that child’s parent in the role. The WRC found Fagan’s evidence credible and said she had not been afforded fair procedures when her employment ended. The school did not attend the hearing, but the WRC was satisfied it had notice. Fagan had found other work, with no loss of earnings, and was working 40 hours a week rather than 20. The WRC awarded the four weeks’ pay provided for where no loss had accrued.