Shannon firm must pay €43,625 to employee for unfair dismissal

Workplace Relations Commission orders Element Six to compensate worker 'manoeuvred out of her employment'

At Element Six in Shannon, Gráinne Loonam’s maternity leave replacement 'was offered a contract for a new role, a role for which the complainant was never considered'. File picture

Shannon-based industrial diamond maker Element Six has been ordered to pay €43,625 compensation for the unfair dismissal of a female administrative worker.

In his findings, Workplace Relations Commission adjudicator Kevin Baneham has found that Gráinne Loonam’s dismissal by Element Six was unfair.