WRC dismisses Thomas Power’s complaints as out of time

The Workplace Relations Commission dismissed Thomas Power’s complaints about unpaid expenses and alleged penalisation for making a protected disclosure as out of time. Adjudication officer Peter O’Brien’s decision was dated 9 December 2024; the WRC did not decide the complaints’ merits. Power’s complaints concerned expenses connected to a 2014 transfer and his allegation that the department’s later recognition of a protected disclosure, followed by refusal to pay those expenses, amounted to penalisation. The department objected that both complaints were out of time; the adjudicator found they related to the 2014 transfer.