WRC dismisses Conor Ryan’s complaints against department

The Workplace Relations Commission dismissed Conor Ryan’s complaints against the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform, finding that the department was not his employer. The decision was dated 13 August 2024. Ryan had alleged unpaid increments while acting in an Executive Officer role and less favourable treatment as a fixed-term worker. The department argued that the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse employed him and was responsible for his work and pay arrangements. The adjudicator found that CICA had directly recruited Ryan and was his employer. Both the Payment of Wages Act and fixed-term work complaints were found not well-founded against the department. A separate Industrial Relations Act complaint mentioned in the background had been withdrawn.