Remember to file your personal grievance claim within 90 days…

An employee who worked as a supervisor has had his personal grievance claim for unjustified dismissal rejected by the Employment Relations Authority.

The employee resigned after the employer sent him a letter regarding issues surrounding his work performance.

The ERA found that the employee failed to raise an unjustified dismissal grievance within 90 days of his employment ending and did not properly inform the employer of what the alleged grievance was about so that they could have an opportunity to resolve it.

The ERA refused to give the employee leave to raise a grievance out of time as the employee’s only explanation for why leave should be granted was that he was a ‘lay person’. The employee also failed to supply evidence in support of granting leave and failed to explain why there was a 17 month delay in making a claim. The ERA therefore held that the delay in raising the grievance was not due to exceptional circumstances and that it would not be just to grant leave.

Alan Knowsley