Worker who left job after firm refused her remote working plea wins compensation
A solicitor said the case against the university-based firm could be the first of many to appear before the Workplace Relations Commission
The employer rejected a proposal from the three office workers that two could work remotely at any one time in response to the risk posed by Covid-19.
Tue, 26 Jan, 2021 - 12:55
Gordon Deegan
An office-based worker here had no option but to resign from her job during the first Covid-19 lockdown after her employer rejected her plea to work remotely from home.
That is according to Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Adjudication Officer, Kevin Baneham, who has ordered the employer to pay the Operations Co-Ordinator €3,712 compensation for her unfair dismissal on May 12 last.
Woman had to resign after she was denied remote work
Updated / Tuesday, 26 Jan 2021
20:50
The WRC s Adjudication Officer has ordered an employer to pay a former worker €3,712 compensation for her unfair dismissal earlier this year
An office-based worker had no option but to resign from her job during the first Covid-19 lockdown after her employer rejected her plea to work remotely from home, according to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).
WRC Adjudication Officer Kevin Baneham has ordered the employer pay the operations coordinator €3,712 compensation for her unfair dismissal on 12 May.
In an email to her employer, a university-based Facilities Management Service Provider, the worker stated that her employer s refusal to accept the remote working proposal has increased the infection risk with Covid-19 for all three operations coordinators .