Sacked gaming firm employee gets €16,000 in compensation
A former customer service administrator at a gaming company was awarded nearly €16,000 in compensation after a tribunal found he had been illegally dismissed after a transfer of business.
Gaming VC Corporation terminated Alessandro Bruno’s job following its acquisition by GVC New Limited in 2012.
The Industrial Tribunal, chaired by Charles Cassar, heard that Mr Bruno had been employed in June 2008.
Talks began in March 2012 for GVC New Ltd to take over the business of Gaming VC Corporation.
Mr Bruno was offered a job with GVC but had his working conditions substantially changed.
He told the tribunal his gross annual salary had been cut by €9,000 and benefits he had with Gaming VC, such as a private insurance scheme and a private pension scheme, were stopped.
Through his lawyer, Mario de Marco, Mr Bruno insisted that, according to law, employees were to retain their salaries, perks and working conditions in the event of a transfer of business. He said GVC New refused to acknowledge that the acquisition of Gaming VC amounted to a transfer of business.
Mr Bruno told the tribunal that, in May 2012, he had received a letter from the HR manager informing him of the transfer of...