Can someone post some cliffnotes that might explain that figure because I can’t help but feel he’s robbed the taxpayer blind there (since we will obviously be footing the bill).
Seems a ridiculous amount to award.
EDIT: Ms. De Burgh on the panel sounds like the ideal person to have judging from a worker’s POV. Hopefully I get her if I ever have any issues.
Can anyone else take a job and then just refuse to move to the country where the job is located and milk them for taxpayer money when you get sacked?
Surely most jobs expect you to sort your accommodation before the start date
No due process and he was already a year in the job, I’d say UCC will appeal and it’d get reduced.
You’d think the head of HR would have more forethought than to send snotty emails insinuating someone was going to be fired. It is literally day one of HR training.
Well he can afford a home now
This doesn’t pass the sniff test.
How many places did he view in 20 months ?
Did he make any offers ?
How many rejections ?
I like the details
Does he pay income tax on the awarded amount?
He shouldn’t have been fired like that, but I feel like that’s a crazy amount of money to be awarded
No one on 150k a year is unable to find accommodation. This man has simply scammed the Irish taxpayer.
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For a Uni whose finances aren’t great you think they would be more careful
My apologies I thought I had used a non paywalled link: here is the RTE story [https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/0422/1445033-wrc-orders-ucc-to-pay-academic-300-000-over-dismissal/](https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/0422/1445033-wrc-orders-ucc-to-pay-academic-300-000-over-dismissal/)
Can someone post some cliffnotes that might explain that figure because I can’t help but feel he’s robbed the taxpayer blind there (since we will obviously be footing the bill).
Seems a ridiculous amount to award.
EDIT: Ms. De Burgh on the panel sounds like the ideal person to have judging from a worker’s POV. Hopefully I get her if I ever have any issues.
Can anyone else take a job and then just refuse to move to the country where the job is located and milk them for taxpayer money when you get sacked?
Surely most jobs expect you to sort your accommodation before the start date
No due process and he was already a year in the job, I’d say UCC will appeal and it’d get reduced.
You’d think the head of HR would have more forethought than to send snotty emails insinuating someone was going to be fired. It is literally day one of HR training.
Well he can afford a home now
This doesn’t pass the sniff test.
How many places did he view in 20 months ?
Did he make any offers ?
How many rejections ?
I like the details
Does he pay income tax on the awarded amount?
He shouldn’t have been fired like that, but I feel like that’s a crazy amount of money to be awarded
No one on 150k a year is unable to find accommodation. This man has simply scammed the Irish taxpayer.