Norway: Ryanair settles with former employee
Ryanair, has reached a settlement with a former Italian employee who sued the company over her dismissal and working conditions. Christen Horn Johannessen, lawyer with Norway's Parat union, said Friday that Ryanair has agreed to pay Alessandra Cocca US$67,500, the equivalent of 3 years of salary. Cocca was hired in 2012 as a flight attendant, and based at an airport near Oslo. Less than a year later, Cocca who compared her job to a "slave contract" and reported a senior colleague for smelling of alcohol, was dismissed. Norwegian courts had ruled local labour laws applied because she was based in Norway, while the airline claimed the case should be heard in Ireland, where Ryanair is registered. The airline closed down its Rygge airport base in October after the Norwegian govt changed tax laws. <br/>
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Norway: Ryanair settles with former employee
Ryanair, has reached a settlement with a former Italian employee who sued the company over her dismissal and working conditions. Christen Horn Johannessen, lawyer with Norway's Parat union, said Friday that Ryanair has agreed to pay Alessandra Cocca US$67,500, the equivalent of 3 years of salary. Cocca was hired in 2012 as a flight attendant, and based at an airport near Oslo. Less than a year later, Cocca who compared her job to a "slave contract" and reported a senior colleague for smelling of alcohol, was dismissed. Norwegian courts had ruled local labour laws applied because she was based in Norway, while the airline claimed the case should be heard in Ireland, where Ryanair is registered. The airline closed down its Rygge airport base in October after the Norwegian govt changed tax laws. <br/>
