Daniel Picton awarded €500 after WRC finds daily rest breach

Daniel Picton was awarded €500 after the Workplace Relations Commission found his employer, Bord Na Mona Recycling Limited, breached rules requiring daily rest between shifts. The decision was dated 21 March 2024. The employer accepted that Picton had one 10.5-hour break between shifts, 30 minutes short of the required 11 hours. The WRC found that complaint well founded. His complaints about weekly rest and maximum weekly hours were not well founded; the records showed an average of 47 hours a week during the period considered, below the 48-hour limit.