Labour Court awards Dean Gibbons €1,260 after allowing appeal against Morehampton Foods

The Labour Court allowed Dean Gibbons’s appeal against Morehampton Foods Limited and awarded him €1,260 for breaches of the Terms of Employment (Information) Act. The determination was dated 10 August 2017. Gibbons said his written employment statement left out required information, including his place of work and pay details, and did not explain his entitlement to breaks. Morehampton Foods said an employee handbook contained the information. Gibbons denied receiving it, and the company provided no evidence to support its claim. The Court accepted Gibbons’s account. The Court treated the omissions as one contravention, so the four-week compensation limit applied once rather than separately to each omission. It awarded three weeks’ pay, €1,260, taking account of the extent of the breaches and their effect on Gibbons.