Labour Court appeal fails over wrong respondent name

The Labour Court dismissed Warren Scanlon’s appeal over a €487.50 unfair-dismissal award because the appeal form named Jacksons Hotel Ballybofey, for which the Court had no Adjudication Officer decision. The Court’s decision was dated 12 July 2024. Scanlon had appealed the award against his former employer, Rose Hospitality Ltd, which operated a business trading as Jacksons Hotel. The Court said it could hear appeals only from Adjudication Officer decisions and no decision existed for the respondent named on the appeal form. The merits were not decided, and the prior award was neither upheld, overturned nor varied.