Labour Court overturns €2,000 award to Lance Dutton

The Labour Court overturned a €2,000 award to Lance Dutton and upheld Westair Aviation Limited’s appeal. The determination was dated 19 April 2023. The complaint concerned whether Dutton, a fixed-term worker, had been given the same opportunity as other employees to secure a permanent position. He said he was not offered alternative work or a pilot’s post that became available. The Court found that the person redeployed to a ground operations role had previously worked in a similar role, while Dutton had not. It said he had not identified an incident in which he was treated differently because of his fixed-term status, and set aside the award.