Labour Court throws out RTÉ worker's €77,000 claim
The Labour Court has thrown out a €77,000 claim by an RTÉ worker for alleged unpaid entitlements concerning pension, annual leave, public holidays and privilege days over a seven-year period.
An RTÉ worker's €77,000 claim for unpaid entitlements such as pension, annual leave, public holidays, and privilege days has been dismissed by the Labour Court. Instead, the court recommended that the worker accept an ex-gratia lump sum payment of €2,800 from RTÉ. The worker, who was initially employed on a "bogus" contract before securing a full-time position at RTÉ in 2020, argued that the €2,800 offer did not adequately compensate for the losses he suffered due to the misclassification of his employment status over a seven-year period.
The Labour Court found that the worker only worked 0.16 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) for RTÉ during the agreed two-year period, which resulted in a smaller award of retrospective payments. RTÉ stated that the worker accepted a full-time contract in October 2020 after working as an independent/sole trader since 2008, and that the €2,800 payment was made under a Retrospection Agreement following an extensive industrial relations process.
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