WRC declines jurisdiction over late holiday-pay and notice-pay complaints

The Workplace Relations Commission declined jurisdiction over Rene Van Willigen’s complaints seeking holiday pay and payment in lieu of notice, finding both were filed outside the statutory time limits. Adjudication Officer Monica Brennan dated the decision 17 December 2025; the WRC did not decide the complaints on their merits. Van Willigen argued that the time limit should run from January 2025, when the liquidator told him about proposed entitlements. Friel Stafford said it was not his employer and that the complaints were late. The officer ruled that the limit ran from when the alleged breaches occurred and did not decide the dispute over the respondent’s identity.