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Court recommends claimant should accept offer of ex gratia lump sum of €2,800
Worker was once employed by RTÉ on a so-called bogus contract before securing a full-time contract. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins PhotosInstead, the court has recommended that the claimant – who was once employed by RTÉ on a so-called bogus contract before securing a full-time contract – should accept an offer of an ex gratia lump sum payment of €2,800.
Chairwoman Louise O’Donnell stated that the Labour Court sees no basis to depart from the agreed formula reached between RTÉ and the worker’s representatives that resulted in the €2,800 lump sum offer and recommends that the complainant accept it. Crowd-pleasing Westlife deliver wholesome predictability at first of 13 showsOn behalf of the worker at the Labour Court, Siptu put a €77,000 estimated total on losses it claims the worker suffered between 2013 and 2019 over the non-payment of entitlements.
The worker commenced employment in August 2008 at RTÉ and was issued with a series of independent/sole trader contracts for services. In 2018, unions and RTÉ management agreed to an external body conducting a review of the employment status of more than 400 independent/sole traders, of which this worker was one. The outcome of that review was a finding for 106 workers, including the worker, that their roles had “attributes akin to employment”.
Following on from the review, agreement was reached to appoint joint facilitators to look at recognition of previous service. Arising from that process, the worker was offered an ex gratia lump sum of €2,800.
However, the worker told the Labour Court that the figure does not adequately reflect his treatment and the losses he suffered because of the misclassification of his employment status over the years. In the court’s findings, O’Donnell stated that the worker, through his Siptu representative, confirmed that he had not, during the relevant time period, raised any issue with RTÉ about the nature of his contracts.
O’Donnell stated that it seems to the court that the worker’s discontent arises from the fact that during the agreed two-year period on which his work pattern was based, he was working elsewhere and only working 0.16 Full Time Equivalent for RTÉ, which resulted in a smaller award of retrospection. In its submission, RTÉ stated that the worker was offered a full-time contract of employment, and he accepted this offer in October 2020.
The worker did not accept the settlement offer, but 81.5 per cent of those who were made offers under the retrospection agreement did. Martin ‘The Viper’ Foley granted further short stay on sale of houseGerry Hutch’s son remanded in custody charged with serious organised crime offencesRory McIlroy says Donald Trump’s presence at Irish Open ‘can only be a good thing’Springboks and All Blacks look to lay down World Cup marker in final Test
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