Labour Court recommends €4,000 payment in Clothes Horse trade dispute

The Labour Court recommended that The Clothes Horse Laundrette & Dry Cleaners pay a worker €4,000 as a goodwill gesture in full and final settlement of a trade dispute. The decision was dated 30 September 2024. The worker said wages, holiday pay and bank holiday payments were outstanding and that the employer had made unfounded allegations. The employer appealed an adjudication officer’s decision but did not attend the Labour Court hearing. The Court said it could not decide alleged breaches of employment laws or declare the working conditions unsafe under its industrial relations role. It described the employment as ending after 13 satisfactory years in an entirely unsatisfactory conclusion.