Garda HQ defends Commissioner Drew Harris over suspensions and disciplinary cases
Representative bodies in force strongly critical of the number and duration of suspensions
Workplace Relations Commission
WRC ruling is final nail in coffin of the right to remote working
Workers left to balance home and family life, along with the costs, by themselves
‘Employers can be very creative’: exploitation of migrant workers on the rise
WRC cases taken on behalf of workers are likely to be ‘the tip of the iceberg’, and even in successful cases, nonpayment of awards is a significant issue
Shop owners who felt ‘betrayed’ by manager attending job interview ordered to pay €13,500 for unfair dismissal
Assistant shop manager awarded compensation after she was sacked for gross misconduct for attending job interview on lunch break
Irish Rail employee awarded €500 compensation after company sought to deduct €80,000 from wages
Company has right to seek costs it was awarded - but not to unilaterally dock pay, Workplace Relations Commission finds
Virgin Media overturns discrimination award on appeal at Labour Court
Workplace Relations Commission had deemed earlier in year that a staff member was entitled to €30,000 compensation on grounds of discrimination as a parent
School’s rules on ear piercings may amount to indirect discrimination, WRC says
Boy (16) made complaint under Equal Status Act in relation to school’s contention that he should take out stud or have both ears pierced
Ex-TD Violet-Anne Wynne tells court she will use Dáil termination sum to pay former employee
Former politician owes €11,500 to ex-employee Fiona Smyth following WRC ruling
Dismissed scrapyard worker denies calling female colleague the C-word
‘There was nobody laughing at her. She wasn’t tearful, she wasn’t upset,’ WRC hearing told
RTÉ lawyers accused of ‘running down the clock’ in compensation case
Employee seeks compensation for leave and holiday pay allegedly denied to him before being put on a contract in 2018
Dublin hotel bar manager accused of ‘defrauding customers’ by adding 10% service charge to bills
Employee of Schoolhouse Hotel in Dublin 4 is challenging his dismissal which he says ‘flies in the face of natural justice’
State must pick up €2.8m tab into pension scheme of company that went bust in 2009
The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk
State must pay €2.8m to pension fund in landmark ruling
Workplace Relations Commission finding confirms obligations in relation to shortfalls in workers’ pension schemes where a business is insolvent
Whistleblower case legal filings got lost in WRC’s spam folder - barrister
Two days of planned hearings in case of former firefighter against Mayo County Council cancelled after technology glitch
Pregnant worker pressured to sign off on ending contract wins €136,000 at WRC
Company omission of an end date from employment agreement was ‘an error’
Solicitor in DPP’s office alleges workplace discrimination since he disclosed treatment for alcohol addiction
Solicitor sober since 2019 claims discrimination, victimisation on grounds of disability of alcoholism
Builder dismissed after covert tracker discovers personal use of work van
WRC award halved to take account of ‘very significant contribution’ by complainant to his own sacking
Coca Cola executive ‘felt bullied’ into taking post-maternity leave ‘demotion’
Counsel for company said it was “not reasonable” to form view that proposed job was a demotion without further discussion
Academic claims DCU ‘kept her in the dark’ about permanent job while she was on maternity leave
Sociologist Dr Rebecca Murphy accused university of ‘gaslighting’ her in WRC complaint
Staff at engineering firm win orders for unpaid wages
WRC told that employees were left short having been let go
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’
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’
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