The complainant in this case was employed by the respondent as a Non-Consultant Hospital Doctor (NCHD) specialising in Gynaecology and Obstetrics from October 2011 to July 2013. His complaint to a Rights Commissioner (RC) under the working time legislation that the respondent had infringed a number of provisions of the European Communities (Organisation of Working Time) (Activities of Doctors in Training) Regulations, SI 494/2004 related to breaks, rest and hours of work succeeded and he was awarded €3,000 in compensation.
His application to the RC to grant an extension of time in order to enlarge the time period encompassing the respondent’s infringements of the Act failed. He appealed against this decision and also against the level of compensation awarded
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