WRC recommends €8,000 for deli manager dismissed during probation

The WRC recommended that a food business pay a worker €8,000 after finding it acted unfairly and unreasonably when it dismissed her during probation. The recommendation was dated 16 April 2026. The worker said she had been unfairly dismissed and treated unfairly at work. The employer did not attend the hearing or provide a defence. The adjudicator found the employer had planned a further performance review and improvement steps but dismissed the worker 21 days after the review without an identifiable reason or considering an extension to probation. The WRC also found that the worker should have received her contract and handbook in Hungarian because she relied on an interpreter for specialised employment language.