Labour Court rules it cannot hear Sean Reilly’s part-time work complaint

The Labour Court ruled it had no jurisdiction to consider Sean Reilly’s complaint under the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001. It varied the Adjudication Officer’s decision on Reilly’s appeal. The merits were not decided. Reilly argued that his working relationship with the Minister continued until his warrant was revoked in October 2018. The Minister said it ended when Reilly stopped providing services. The Court found the arrangement had ended no later than 3 July 2018, after Reilly told a WRC director he would no longer make his services available and returned equipment. The complaint was lodged on 26 February 2019, and the relevant time limit ran from 27 August 2018 to 26 February 2019. Because the arrangement had ended before that period, the Court could not consider whether the alleged treatment breached the Act. The decision was dated 24 May 2024.