Case Number: ADJ-00011505. Workplace Relations Commission

• Court: Workplace Relations Commission
• Judgment Date: 01 May 2018
• Docket Number: ADJ-00011505
• Year: 2018
• Parties: A child care worker v A Community Resource Centre

ADJUDICATION OFFICER DECISION/RECOMMENDATION Adjudication Reference: ADJ-00011505 Parties:

	Complainant	Respondent
Anonymised Parties	A child care worker	A Community Resource Centre

Representatives Self A Manager

Complaint(s):

Act	Complaint/Dispute Reference No.	Date of Receipt
Complaint seeking adjudication by the Workplace Relations Commission under Section 8 of the Unfair Dismissals Act, 1977	CA-00015300-001	25/10/2017

Date of Adjudication Hearing: 29/03/2018

Workplace Relations Commission Adjudication Officer: Jim Dolan

Procedure:

In accordance with Section 8 of the Unfair Dismissals Acts, 1977 - 2015, following the referral of the complaint to me by the Director General, I inquired into the complaint and gave the parties an opportunity to be heard by me and to present to me any evidence relevant to the complaint.

Background:

The Complainant commenced employment with the Respondent organisation in July 2004, she was employed as a child care assistant. The Complainant resigned from her position on 31/07/2017 and lodged a claim under Section 8 of the Unfair Dismissals Act, 1977 alleging that she was constructively dismissed from her employment.

Summary of Complainant’s Case:

On 28/04/2017 the four core staff members were informed that one of them would be selected for redundancy, one of the reasons for this decision was to enable the Resource Centre hire a new team leader for the pre-school section. Hiring a team leader with specific qualifications would assist in the Resource Centre’s efforts to obtain additional funding from Government. The new person would be employed to take charge of the pre-school section, this was the section that the...