WRC awards carpenter €1,886.72 in Roadbridge case

The Workplace Relations Commission ordered Roadbridge Ltd (In receivership) to pay carpenter Mark Gallagher €1,886.72 in compensation after finding three complaints well-founded. The decision was dated 18 October 2022. Gallagher said he had not been paid for work completed between 7 and 11 February 2022, after his employment contract was revoked three days after it was issued. He also said his pay did not meet the minimum rates and conditions set by the Construction Industry Sectoral Employment Order, which took effect on 1 February 2022. The WRC ordered Roadbridge to pay €943.36 for the unpaid wages and approximately €25 for the difference between the old and new pay rates. It also awarded €1,886.72, representing two weeks’ wages for the period of unemployment, under the Industrial Relations Acts. The company did not attend the hearing; its HR representative said it had gone into receivership.