WRC finds no dismissal in bar manager’s unfair-dismissal case

The Workplace Relations Commission found that Gerald Clapham had not been dismissed by the operators of Joe’s Place, so it did not proceed to decide whether a dismissal was unfair. The decision was dated 10 November 2023. Clapham, a Bar Day Manager, said he was unable to return to work after illness and considered himself dismissed. The respondent said his job remained available and it had offered him a return to work. The adjudicator found no words or documents establishing that Clapham had been dismissed, and the WRC therefore did not consider the substance of his unfair-dismissal claim.