Government levy will impact funding for Uisce Éireann, IDA, Fáilte Ireland
Department of Defence says levy to offset education overspend will put ‘significant’ pressure on military transformation programme
Workplace Relations Commission
AI tools make it ‘quicker and easier’ to submit worker grievance claims under WRC process
Work Q&A: Employment law expert says AI tools such as ChatGPT make the process ‘more accessible’ and could be contributing to rise in complaints
‘I thought I was going to die’: Aer Lingus pilot on flight he claims left him with brain injury
Former captain with carrier and legal team set out case at Workplace Relations Commission hearing
WRC awards €11,000 to worker sacked within days of warning bosses about manager’s ‘irregular’ practices
Worker receives award for 20 weeks’ loss of earnings
Dentist ordered to pay worker €10,000 after bid to cut hours when she said she was pregnant
Adjudication officer wrote that closeness in time between disclosure of pregnancy and proposed cut to worker’s hours ‘cannot be ignored’
Labour Court dismisses €77,000 claim by RTÉ worker for alleged unpaid entitlements
Court recommends claimant should accept offer of ex gratia lump sum of €2,800
‘Toxic’ falling-out at farming body left mental health scheme ‘floundering’, tribunal told
But former Macra na Feirme employee’s claim of whistleblower penalisation is rejected
Special education body ordered to pay €33,000 to employee in case taken over Covid-era obligations
Maire Aherne argued she should not have had to organise in-person school visits during pandemic
Publican says he can’t pay cleaner after losing nearly €200,000 in four months running bar
‘There’s nothing there, there’s nothing there that’s left. Everything was bled out of the company,’ WRC hears
Senior manager on €200,000 with Goodman’s ABP Food Group says he was unfairly ousted
Case set to be heard in public over five days in December
Ireland’s largest craft union to begin industrial action over public pay
Connect union leader says action involving tradespeople to begin in three weeks’ time after Government ‘refused to engage’ over pay mechanism
Courier who had pay docked for accidentally damaging customer’s garage door wins claim
Employee’s pay was levied for accidentally damaging customer’s garage door, WRC told
Fish Shack founder awarded €75,000 at Labour Court
Padraic Hanley alleged that he was forced out of PBR Restaurants for objecting to what he saw as ‘wrongdoing’ at the company
Former election candidate claims he was unfairly sacked after whistleblower move
Tony Corrigan pursuing employment rights complaints against his former employer, Identity Digital Ltd, at the Workplace Relations Commission
Further strike action at Oberstown averted after staff accept proposals
Staff were planning 48-hour strike from Monday over concerns around conditions in child detention centre
Inside the crisis at Oberstown: ‘We are in an emergency situation’
Agreement has been reached to increase staffing levels, although concerns remain about lack of capacity and an increase in detainees ‘acting out’
Bus Éireann worker blocked from seeking medical retirement secures €40,000 at WRC
Employee was taking personal injuries case
Long-serving Mater employee wrongly suspended over patient complaint awarded €10,000
WRC says hospital’s identification and suspension of worker primarily based on skin colour ‘has a clear racial overtone’
Doctors at sexual assault units to get additional €10,000 each to address on-call ‘anomaly’
Irish Medical Organisation had informed HSE that on-call rates for weekends were lower than during the week
Senior manager at Indian information technology firm denies company ‘lied’
Former Irish employee not meant to have internal documents, says executive and asks how papers sourced
Talks to prevent 48-hour work stoppage at State’s only child detention centre to begin
Oberstown has recently seen an increase the number of boys it is certified to accommodate, from 40 to 42
Tesco worker sacked for taking bakery items before they became ‘free to staff’ loses unfair dismissal claim
Supermarket worker was dismissed for taking bakery items 40 minutes before they became free to staff
Councils entitled to enforce firefighter retirement ages – Labour Court
Court overturns decision of Workplace Relations Commission to award Paul Curran €15,000 for age discrimination
Oberstown staff ‘face increased risks to personal safety’, says union
Management at facility challenges claims on staffing and safety, noting independent review on way
‘I was horrified’: Asthmatic garda ordered back on beat during Covid-19 surge, WRC told
Workplace Relations Commission dismisses equality complaint from Garda Joseph Joyce
Musician to advance challenge to mandatory retirement age at Royal Irish Academy of Music
Musician John Finucane is challenging a mandatory retirement age of 70 at the Royal Irish Academy of Music
When I briefly left home to go to a refuge, my housing assistance payment was stopped
The property management company repeatedly refused to sign my forms, saying that I had ‘cancelled the HAP payment and moved out of the house’
Woman denied access to apartment complex gym wins discrimination case
WRC directs Dillon Marshall Property Consultants to pay tenant €2,500 compensation
Firm ordered to pay €14,750 over discrimination against woman after temporary stay in refuge
‘Extremely worrying’ that council cancelled housing assistance payment on woman, says Workplace Relations Commission
Worker sacked over punch-up with driver who turned up late with staff takeaways wins job back
WRC adjudicator does not award full reinstatement with back pay as worker had committed ‘serious misconduct’
The story of the student accused of deception against UCD and the allegations of image-based sexual harassment
UCD’s handling of student’s efforts to progress to next year of study had come under fire. Now further details are emerging
Property firm told to stop demanding tenants disclose financial information on HAP forms
WRC orders landlord to pay €7,500 in compensation to man who challenged the practice
Witnesses in cafe tips row unable to explain mystery card machine which pulled in €5,000 in 18 months
Former manager of Esquires Coffee Limerick and the proprietor deny responsibility for installation of the electronic tip machine, WRC hears
WRC staff take legal case against State for failing to implement pay award
Pay increase would be due to be backdated to July 2023, which would require significant lump sums to be paid
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