The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an independent, statutory body which was established on 1st October 2015 under the Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16 of 2015). It assumes the roles and functions previously carried out by the National Employment Rights Authority (NERA), Equality Tribunal (ET), Labour Relations Commission (LRC), Rights Commissioners Service (RCS), and the first-instance (Complaints and Referrals) functions of the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT).
The complainant was laid off due to the Covid-19 pandemic. She brought a series of complaints under the Organisation of Working Time Act, as well as singular complaints under the Terms of Employment (Information) Act and the Payment of Wages Act, the Unfair Dismissals Act and the Redundancy Payments Act respectively. The complaints under the Unfair Dismissals Act and the Redundancy Payments Act were later withdrawn.
The complainant submitted that the respondent failed to maintain working time records as required by Section 25 of the Organisation of Working Time Act. The respondent submitted that the nature of the complainant’s role meant that she could choose her breaks. The respondent did not maintain its own records.
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