Labour Court awards Philip Duggan €100 on appeal against Siblings Ltd decision

The Labour Court upheld Philip Duggan’s appeal and awarded him €100 after finding that Siblings Ltd Trading As Siblings breached the terms-of-employment information law. The determination was signed on 20 December 2016. Duggan said he never received a written statement of his employment terms. The company said it gave him a contract at a staff training session in June 2015. The Court found no evidence that he received the statement, overturning the Adjudication Officer’s decision that it had been provided within two months of his employment starting. In setting compensation, the Court noted that Duggan had advised the company on employment practices, had not raised a dispute about his written terms or any harm from not receiving them, and referred to unrelated matters when explaining why he brought the complaint.