WRC awards Gerhardus Kotze €253 over missing work hours in contract

The Workplace Relations Commission awarded retail manager Gerhardus Kotze €253 after finding his employer had breached statutory requirements by not stating expected daily and weekly working hours in his written terms. The decision was dated 5 April 2024. Kotze said he had no fixed hours and had raised the contract issue with managers. The employer argued that, as an experienced senior manager responsible for rosters, he had discretion over his hours and there were no grounds for compensation. The adjudication officer found the legal duties applied regardless of seniority and described the award as two days’ pay.