Late appeal leaves WRC decision in Banba Toymaster case standing

The Labour Court refused Cidos Trading Ltd T/A Banba Toymaster’s appeal after it was filed one day late, leaving in place the Adjudication Officer’s finding that Stefan Jennings’s complaint was not well founded. The determination was dated 5 December 2022. The complaint concerned working-time rules for mobile road transport workers. The employer argued the appeal was in time or that exceptional circumstances justified the delay, but the Court found that a misunderstanding of the law and the short delay did not amount to exceptional circumstances. The appeal was refused on time-limit grounds; the merits were not decided by the Labour Court.