Why would an employer defend a ‘no fault’ termination unfair dismissal case?

I published a video yesterday about an employer defending a case of unfair dismissal where the employer accepted the dismissal was unfair.

The lay litigant employee won €145,000 for the unfair dismissal.

The question arose as why would you defend a case like this?

Because the employee is only entitled to financial loss by way of compensation.

So, if the employer could prove there was no financial loss, or it was minimal, it made sense to defend.

The employer argued the employee had failed to mitigate her loss and was, therefore, entitled to very little compensation (1 month’s wages),

But the WRC adjudicator accepted her proofs as to her mitigation of loss and awarded the maximum sum of 2 years’ remuneration.

You can watch the video here.