Labour Court refuses late appeal over temporary agency work complaint

The Labour Court refused to extend Paul Scales’s deadline to appeal a decision on his temporary agency work complaint against Euro Parks Ireland Limited. The determination was dated 5 December 2022. The Court considered only whether exceptional circumstances justified accepting the appeal outside the 42-day limit; the merits were not decided. Scales cited Christmas, Covid restrictions, difficulty understanding the time limit and a physical disability that limited his travel. The Court found Christmas was not exceptional and that he had not given a credible reason why the pandemic prevented him from appealing on time. It upheld the adjudication officer’s decision.