WRC recommends €1,500 for former manager’s acting-up duties at charity

A WRC adjudication officer recommended that the charity pay a former manager €1,500 for acting-up work and a further €500 for poor communication. The recommendation was dated 21 January 2025. The manager said she took on housing-service responsibilities beyond her role and helped secure funding for a new position, but was then expected to apply for work she had already been doing. The charity said open recruitment was best practice and it could not afford retrospective acting-up payments. The officer found that the manager had assumed additional responsibilities and helped secure funding. The officer considered open competition for the senior role reasonable, but found that the manager’s concerns were effectively ignored. The charity had limited resources, and the officer recommended a goodwill payment for the additional work rather than years of retrospective payments.