Workplace Relations Commission rules man unfairly dismissed after complaining about €800 deduction imposed when doctor told him to work from homeAlpha Mechanical Services unfairly dismissed a man working from home on medical advice about Covid-19, the WRC has ruled.
Mr Waters told the WRC that, when the Covid-19 pandemic reached Ireland, he asked his GP whether he should continue to take an immune-suppressant medication for a medical condition. In April 2020, his doctor advised him to keep taking the medication, but to avoid being in groups of people, and issued him with a letter stating that he should work from home, Mr Waters said.
In an email exchange with his company directors, Alan Kelly and Vincent Geraghty, copies of which were submitted as evidence to the WRC, he wrote that he believed the pay packet he was getting was equivalent to being paid for just seven hours’ work in the week. Sean Costello Solicitors, for Mr Waters, submitted that their client was only “expressing his upset” at the company’s conduct and it could “in no way be construed as amounting to a resignation”.
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