The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) awarded scaffolder Joseph Kelly €176.92 in net compensation after finding KDK Scaffolding Limited unlawfully deducted a day’s wages. The decision was dated 12 September 2023. Kelly challenged the deduction for 3 March 2022, imposed as part of a disciplinary sanction. The company said it followed four incidents involving alleged failures to follow instructions, leaving the site and absence. The WRC found the disciplinary procedure allowed unpaid suspension only alongside or instead of a final written warning, and that no contract term authorised the deduction. Kelly had not consented to it in writing.
WRC awards scaffolder €176.92 for unlawfully deducted day's wages
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