The Workplace Relations Commission had no jurisdiction to hear Martins Pancis’s unfair-dismissal claim or award redress, because he had less than one year’s service and confirmed he had made no protected disclosure. The decision was dated 16 January 2026. Pancis alleged he was dismissed for exercising rights under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014. Kilkenny Local Authority Leisure Complex Ltd t/a The Watershed said he had made no protected disclosure and was dismissed during probation. The WRC did not determine the substantive unfair-dismissal allegation.
WRC rules it lacked jurisdiction over Martins Pancis unfair-dismissal claim
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