A stable manager who lost his accommodation – and stabling for his horse – when he was unfairly dismissed last year has been awarded 57,000 in compensation.
The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) heard that Charlie Wheatley and his horse were turfed out by stable owners Donagh and Anita Kelly in April of last year.
The WRC found that employment law had been “egregiously breached” in the case and ordered the stable owners to pay accommodation expenses for Mr Wheatley for a year, livery fees for his horse and the maximum compensation for lost earnings of two years’ salary.
Giving evidence to a hearing last March, Mr Wheatley said Ms Kelly came to him in an “agitated, angry state” on April 7th, 2022 and told him he was dismissed. He said there was no discussions on the matter, nor any offer of an appeal.
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The complainant, who said he’d had a long career in the equine business, said “all had gone well” in his employment at the stables over the previous 2 years. He said no complaints were brought to his attention, but that there had been a possible “difference of opinion” over dressage horses, with a particular rider having “brought in the owners” on the matter.
“It was nothing of any major significance,” Mr Wheatley said.
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