Labour Court recommends €1,000 payment to worker after employment details were not provided

In 2003, the Labour Court recommended that Yvonne R. Gilmer & Co Solicitors pay a worker €1,000 for distress and disturbance caused by uncertainty about her employment and the failure to provide details of her employment. The recommendation was signed on 17 November 2003. The worker said the employer’s conduct and lack of support forced her to leave. The employer said the practice was for sale, workplace difficulties had arisen, and the worker had found another job. The Court did not find that the worker was forced to leave. It said the employer could have been more helpful in explaining the implications of a possible transfer of the practice, and recommended the payment because uncertainty and the lack of employment details had caused her upset and disturbance.