Labour Court finds Gas Networks Ireland did not dismiss Katherine J O’ Driscoll

The Labour Court found that Gas Networks Ireland did not dismiss Katherine J O’ Driscoll and affirmed the decision in her unfair-dismissal complaint. The determination was dated 17 January 2019, and her appeal failed. O’ Driscoll argued that stopping her pay amounted to dismissal. Gas Networks Ireland said she had been certified fit to return to work, was invited to a return-to-work conversation and did not respond to attempts to arrange one. The Court found that the company’s letter did not communicate that her contract was being terminated and that the payroll action did not amount to dismissal.