WRC recommends €800 for worker dismissed after leave request

The WRC recommended that a restaurant pay a worker €800 after finding that her request for annual leave caused her dismissal. The recommendation was dated 12 July 2023. The worker said she was dismissed after asking for leave to travel home for Christmas. The employer denied this and said her dismissal followed an incident involving her husband. The officer found that even if Christmas business needs justified refusing the leave, the employer should have followed a process.