WRC rejects three complaints against Inagh Development Limited Inagh Arc Childcare (Creche)

The Workplace Relations Commission found three complaints by Michelle Callinan Wynne against Inagh Development Limited Inagh Arc Childcare (Creche) were not well founded. The decision, dated 27 June 2024, concerned claims about unpaid wages and annual leave, penalisation, and less favourable treatment as a part-time worker. Wynne said her 2005 contract provided for pay increments and claimed €79,817 in arrears. The respondent said she agreed to an hourly rate of €11 in 2007; the adjudicator found that she had agreed to it, whether or not she signed a disputed 2012 contract. The wage claim failed because no wages were properly payable during the relevant period, and the adjudicator found annual leave had been allocated. The adjudicator also found no penalisation, noting that Wynne’s €14.60 hourly rate remained in place after she did not sign a contract. Her part-time complaint failed because the difference in treatment was attributed to her higher hourly rate, not her part-time or term-time status.