Labour Court upholds €1,500 award over wage deductions

The Labour Court rejected Leitrim Animal Welfare Centre Ltd’s appeal and upheld a €1,500 compensation award to Pauline Mcmorrow over deductions from her wages. The decision, signed 15 October 2025, found the agreed rate of minimum wage plus 15% remained payable; no later agreement had replaced it. McMorrow said deductions began in January 2024 after that rate had been paid through December 2023. The employer disputed that the rate was agreed, accepted some January deductions were errors and said they had been corrected. The Court relied on a 2017 letter recording the rate and the employer’s confirmation that it had been paid through December 2023.