In a recent Blog post, on the 17th August 2012, entitled "Why it may cost you not to attend a hearing" we highlighted three tribunal decisions where an employer failed to attend the hearing , and as such the employee's evidence was uncontested, and was awarded large sums of money in compensation.
In the most recent set of Employment Appeals Tribunal determinations, in the case of Dublik v Killerig Hotel Limited, the employee was awarded €42,900 which was the equivalent to 88 weeks wages and the Employer failed to attend the hearing.
In this case the Hotel is in liquidation and there was non attendance from the Employers which led to the Employee giving uncontested evidence.
For any other Employers these cases illustrate that attendance at a hearing can at least give you the opportunity to state your case and potentially mitigate any compensation, or at least it couldnt hurt to attend.
In a recent Blog post, on the 17th August 2012, entitled "Why it may cost you not to attend a hearing" we highlighted three tribunal decisions where an employer failed to attend the hearing , and as such the employee's evidence was uncontested, and was awarded large sums of money in compensation.
In the most recent set of Employment Appeals Tribunal determinations, in the case of Dublik v Killerig Hotel Limited, the employee was awarded €42,900 which was the equivalent to 88 weeks wages and the Employer failed to attend the hearing.
In this case the Hotel is in liquidation and there was non attendance from the Employers which led to the Employee giving uncontested evidence.
For any other Employers these cases illustrate that attendance at a hearing can at least give you the opportunity to state your case and potentially mitigate any compensation, or at least it couldnt hurt to attend.
