Worker who left job after firm refused her remote working plea wins compensation

The employer rejected a proposal from the three office workers that two could work remotely at any one time in response to the risk posed by Covid-19.

An office-based worker here had no option but to resign from her job during the first Covid-19 lockdown after her employer rejected her plea to work remotely from home.

That is according to Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Adjudication Officer, Kevin Baneham, who has ordered the employer to pay the Operations Co-Ordinator €3,712 compensation for her unfair dismissal on May 12 last.