The Complainant joined the Respondent security company in October 1976 and 41 years later, in 2017, he was in the role of a section sergeant. The Complainant earned €11.65 per hour, plus a weekly supervision allowance of €152.08 and an unsocial hours’ allowance of €13.97, bringing his weekly wages to €690.30.  At the hearing, the Complainant said that he generally worked 45 hours each week, although he sometimes worked more than this.  He also submitted that his regular weekly wages were €719.42.

In March 2017, the Complainant went out sick.  Three years later, he gave two weeks’ notice of his intention to resign and his employment ended on the 29th of March 2020.  He claimed that he