Labour Court sets aside time-limit decision and awards James Riordan €1,000

The Labour Court set aside a Rights Commissioner’s time-limit decision and awarded James Riordan €1,000 compensation for unpaid annual leave and public holidays. The determination was dated 28 October 2003. Riordan appealed after the Rights Commissioner found his complaint out of time. Cementation Skanska (Formerly Kvaerner Cementation) Limited argued that his claim was late. The Court found that some managers’ view of a colleague’s case as a test case had reached workers, causing confusion about whether individual claims were necessary. It accepted reasonable cause for Riordan’s delay and found that he had not received his full holiday and public-holiday entitlements during the relevant period.