General operative who wrote 'clumsily worded' note to management awarded €23,400 by WRC

Former employee at AMP Engineering Ltd said his 'spur of the moment' note to management was never intended as a letter of resignation

The case was heard at the WRC

A general operative who used an "ill-judged bargaining tactic" during pay negotiations with his former employer has been awarded €23,400 by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).

Joe Quigley was employed as a general operative at AMP Engineering Ltd between May 2017 and April 2025, earning €18 per hour in a 39-hour work week at the time of his dismissal last year.