WRC rejects travel expenses claim against State Examinations Commission

The Workplace Relations Commission found Daniel Murphy’s complaint against the State Examinations Commission not well founded. The decision, dated 16 September 2024, concerned mileage expenses he claimed for supervising examinations in Kells. Murphy said the Commission reduced his claims because he used a different route. The Commission said official travel expenses had to follow public service rules requiring the shortest practicable route. The WRC found that employment expenses are not wages under the Payment of Wages Act 1991, so the complaint did not succeed.