Health Service Executive v Ita Long [2017]

Posted In: Case Law
  • Case Reference
    ILCR Determination No. UDD1731
  • Legal Body
    Labour Court (LC)
  • Type of Claim / Jurisdiction
    Dismissal, Tribunal Practice, Procedures and Jurisdictional Issues
Issues covered: Unfair Dismissal; Time Limit

This case involved a claim of unfair dismissal. The respondent denied this allegation and alleged that the complainant’s contract had been terminated following a comprehensive investigative process. The respondent also raised a preliminary issue that the complainant had not submitted her claim within the prescribed time limit of six months. The respondent claimed that the complainant had been dismissed on the 26th of February 2015 but they had continued to pay her salary during the subsequent appeal process as a mere ‘benefit’.

The complainant claimed that she had not been dismissed until the 28th of May 2015, being the date that she was informed that her appeal against her termination was

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This article is correct at 06/07/2017
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