Labour Court recommends €5,000 payment to architect dismissed without notice

The Labour Court recommended that Shane Santry & Associates Limited (T/A Ssa Architects) pay a worker €5,000 after terminating her employment without notice. The recommendation was dated 11 January 2024. The qualified architect accepted a graduate architect role with an annual basic salary of €35,000 and a discretionary €5,000 bonus. The company had agreed to apply for a Stamp 1 visa on her behalf after she started work. She left her previous job and began the new role on 10 May 2023, but her employment ended nine days later. She later worked as a waitress and deferred her master’s degree in architecture. The Court noted that her contract provided for one month’s notice, but she received neither notice nor payment in lieu, and no procedures appeared to have been followed before her dismissal. The worker agreed to be bound by the recommendation. The company did not attend the Labour Court hearing.