Truck driver fired for clocking off for night leaving concrete load to go hard wins €2,000 for unfair dismissal
Brian O’Neill awarded reduced amount against Total Highway Maintenance with WRC finding he ‘ought to have known better’
Workplace Relations Commission
Radio host fired from morning show after row with boss loses unfair dismissal case
Adjudicator finds decision to dismiss Galway Bay FM veteran broadcaster Neil Molloy ‘not unfair’ although finding of gross misconduct deemed ‘excessive’
NCAD failed to support art student with Down syndrome during ‘chaotic’ first semester, mother claims
College’s lawyers have denied discrimination ‘in the strongest possible terms’
Swissport compliance manager unfairly fired in wake of failed inspection wins €44k
WRC finds that air cargo company failed to follow ‘anything approaching fair procedure’ after blaming company veteran for rogue shipments
Lawyer Simeon Burke cannot get a master. Is this his own fault or due to an arcane system?
Pupillage is mandatory. Without it young barristers are going nowhere. This is the position that now confronts Burke
Man fired shortly before arrest of boss at Ballyseedy Garden Centre wins almost €78,000 for unfair dismissal
Ballyseedy Restaurant Ltd ceased trading following Ireland’s largest-ever seizure of crystal meth
Civilian driver for An Garda Síochana wins right to work after 70 because pension was so small he faced poverty
The tribunal heard that Tom Ronan had been left with less than €400 a week to live on when he was retired from the job on March 27th last year
Dublin hospital chaplain wins claim for double pay on Sundays
St Vincent’s University Hospital found to have failed to play premium rate to Rev Liam Cuffe
Secondary school accused of demanding student’s ‘submission’ to gender identity in row over ear piercing
Boy returned after summer break with stud in ear and was told to remove stud, cover it with plaster or get second ear pierced
Cancer survivor Brendan Ogle to appeal WRC rejection of claim he was discriminated against
Trade unionist alleged he was sidelined by Unite after his return to work following treatment
RTÉ editor says ‘bogus’ contractor deals cost her €238,000
WRC gives worker more time to consider retrospective benefits deal already tabled by broadcaster
Irish prison officer challenges sacking for going Awol to fight in Ukraine
Brian Meagher gave TV interview from hospital bed after suffering ‘horrendous, life-threatening wounds’ during ambush on September 5th, 2022
Chef says he used ChatGPT to prepare sexual harassment claim
Workplace Relations Commission hears colleague thrust into him ‘as if he was riding a horse’
New pay deal for almost 50,000 construction workers set to be approved
Sectoral Employment Order expected to be discussed by Oireachtas and Dáil committee on Wednesday before being signed by Minister on Thursday
Aspiring monk who accused monastery of ‘anti-Traveller prejudice’ loses claim at Workplace Relations Commission
WRC said it did not have jurisdiction to consider complaint against head monk of Silverstream Priory in Co Meath
DBS ordered to pay €53,000 to lecturer dismissed after logging into college email while in Iran
Amir Sajad Esmaeily had travelled to ‘prohibited’ country to attend his uncle’s funeral, Workplace Relations Commission told
Nanny taken off company payroll in the middle of ‘acrimonious divorce’
Children’s father said he stopped her wages over concernes about ‘external scrutiny’ of firm’s affairs during divorce proceedings
Local newspaper ordered to pay €45,000 to receptionist after offer to get her baseball bat for security
Killarney Advertiser failed to convince Workplace Relations Commission that plan was a ‘metaphor’
Worker awarded €42,000 for unfair dismissal
Graziano D’Amato claimed lack of written reference contributed to nine months out of work
Chef who worked 111 hours a week backed unpaid colleagues to close restaurant
‘When they asked me to start working, I said it would take one month at least to open the kitchen. They gave me 24 hours’, Workplace Relations Commission told
Company demand that employee attend office once a month was reasonable, tribunal rules
In second ever case under ‘work life balance’ law, Centric Mental Health employee demanded his fully remote contract be honoured
Reeling in the years
Is age is just a number or the forgotten child of equality, diversity and inclusion?
Brendan Ogle loses disability discrimination claim against trade union Unite following cancer treatment
Workplace Relations Commission tribunal accepted that changes to his position were not related to his status as a cancer survivor
Allegations of fake overtime claims disputed at employment hearing
Former manager at Bidvest Noonan claims company investigation into alleged false overtime claims are harming his employment prospects
Compliance boss awarded €13,000 for unpaid wages
WRC finds Billie Stevens to be ‘credible witness’ in case
Former chief medical officer of start-up awarded €88k in employment hearing
David Morris, who worked for Cushla Health Systems Ltd, secured a direction for payment at the Workplace Relations Commission
Leaving Cert supervisor’s claim for increased mileage expenses for using better roads fails
Daniel Murphy told Workplace Relations Commission that he risked getting stuck behind silage traffic while travelling cross-country from Co Monaghan to Co Meath
Ex-employee awarded €32,000 for unpaid gardening leave
Property firm put Corry Bourke on gardening leave for three months but failed to pay him
Airline captain in toxic fumes claim has ‘defamed’ Aer Lingus, barrister claims
Tom O’Riordan has lodged claims against Aer Lingus Ltd
Department of Education ordered to pay €5,000 to blind student denied access to summer tuition
Cormac Flynn’s barrister said Minister for Education decided to close schools during Covid-19 pandemic ‘without ensuring that the educational needs of the complainant were provided for’
‘I was treated like a criminal’: Worker fired while awaiting visa renewal awarded €25,000
Fashion buyer Poliane Fernandes Lima was dismissed from Born Clothing in Galway last January and received her new visa three days later
Country music promoter to appeal ruling on Michael English’s fiddler player’s employment status
Band’s management feels decision by Workplace Relations Commission must be appealed ‘on behalf of the music industry
Banker moonlighting behind bar lost both jobs within a year, tribunal hears
Worker sacked by AIB after senior manager read about his unfair dismissal from after-hours pub job in a news report
Electrician walked off NCH site after pay was docked following bereavement leave, WRC told
Worker said he received a payslip and discovered that his hourly rate of pay had been reduced by €7 an hour
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