WRC Permitted Amendment to Complaint Form to Reflect Alternative Legislation as Basis for Claim

Conor Williamson v David Stone and Carol Stone t/a Ashton Dog Pound and Warden Service came before an Adjudicator of the Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) in October 2021 and again in June 2022.

Facts: The Complainant commenced employment as a Dog Warden with the Respondent in July 2017.  On 26^th July 2020, the Complainant made a complaint to the Respondent in relation to the euthanasia of a number of dogs in their kennels.  As the Respondent did not appear to act on this complaint, he then reported it to the Gardai a number of days later.  His claim to the WRC was that these complaints constituted Protected Disclosures and that he was penalised by the Respondent due to making them. The Complainant provided a number of examples of the penalisation he claimed to have suffered, including that he was subjected to unwarranted disciplinary processes by the Respondent due to his disclosures. He also told the WRC that he had been offered a severance agreement by the Respondent which contained a non-disclosure agreement which he did not accept.

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