Labour Court varies Dargle Cabs recommendation, setting compensation at £500

The Labour Court varied the Rights Commissioner’s recommendation on Dargle Cabs’ appeal, setting compensation at £500 for a worker employed as a controller. The determination was dated 3 December 1998. The worker said his shifts were changed without consultation, he worked 10-hour shifts without breaks, and he was owed holiday pay and overtime. Dargle Cabs said he had received all benefits due. The Court said unreliable holiday-pay records made it impossible to calculate precisely what was owed, and that any error in the Rights Commissioner’s calculation had favoured the worker. The £500 payment settled all his claims under the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997.