Labour Court recommends €7,500 for ESB Networks worker removed from overtime

The Labour Court recommended that ESB Networks DAC pay an unnamed worker €7,500 after it removed him from overtime without following its usual procedures. The recommendation was dated 6 September 2023. The worker said he was excluded from overtime from September 2021 to November 2022 and believed he had been discriminated against. ESB Networks said concerns about his performance led to the restriction and that overtime resumed after his performance improved. The Court found no discrimination, but said the employer had not followed its counselling and cautioning process and relied on allegations that had not been checked, including some concerning periods when he was on leave or assigned elsewhere. The worker was represented by the Independent Workers Union.