The Complainant commenced employment with Rosderra Irish Meats Group Limited (the Respondent) in October 2000.  In June 2015, Mr Baranya left his employment with the Respondent. He contacted Rosderra shortly afterwards informing them that his plans had not worked out and sought to resume employment with them. The Complainant met with the Respondent’s HR Manager and one of the supervisors, who told him that they were short of staff to do ‘back-scoring’ and that he could start the following week. The Complainant was subsequently dismissed in September 2015.

The Labour Court dismissed the claim that the Complainant had been unfairly dismissed contrary to the Unfair Dismissals Acts as he did not have one year’s continuous service. The Complainant submitted