News - August 4th, 2020
Labour Court Deems Dismissal of Dunnes…
In a recent decision in the case of Dunnes Stores v Karen Walsh the Labour Court..
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News - August 4th, 2020
No Hold on Employment Injunction for…
In the case of O’ Donovan v Over-C Technology Ltd & Another [2020] IEHC 291 the…
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News - August 4th, 2020
Update On Extension Of Parent’s Leave
The Minister for Children, Mr Roderic O’Gorman, made an announcement on 13th July…
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Covid News - August 4th, 2020
Covid-19 Emergency Measures – Latest Update
The Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) will cease to exist from 31st August…
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News - August 4th, 2020
CJEU Decided that Employees Accrue Annual…
Is there an entitlement by an employee to paid annual leave in respect…
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News - July 1st, 2020
High Court grants Injunction but Limits…
The Applicant / Plaintiff Mr O’Donovan began work as the Chief Financial Officer…
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News - July 1st, 2020
Chapter 3 Of Industrial Relations (Amendment)…
The Sectoral Employment Order for Electrical Contracting Sector made pursuant…
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News - July 1st, 2020
Employee Awarded €40,000 Compensation For Pregnancy…
The Complainant was offered a job as a pharmacy assistant with a three month…
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News - July 1st, 2020
Update on WRC and Labour Court…
The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in both the WRC and Labour Court (“LC”) having…
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News - July 1st, 2020
Employee Awarded Over 18 Month’s Salary…
The Complainant was employed as an executive assistant by the Respondent…
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News - June 23rd, 2020
Labour Court Holds That Payment In…
Once an employee has one year’s continuous service with the same employer…
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Covid News - June 12th, 2020
Updated Revenue Guidance on Temporary Wage…
On Friday 29th May, the Government announced an amendment to the Temporary…
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News - June 3rd, 2020
WRC Awards €45,000.00 in Discrimination Dismissal…
The Complainant commenced employment with the Company (a producer…
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News - June 3rd, 2020
€104,000 awarded to Employee for Unfair…
The Complainant was employed as the Operations Director for the Respondent…
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News - June 2nd, 2020
Bartender Awarded One Year’s Pay For…
The Complainant commenced employment with the Respondent pub in March…
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News - June 2nd, 2020
Significant Constructive Dismissal Decision – Award…
The Complainant was employed by the Respondent for just under 29 years.
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News - June 2nd, 2020
Max Two Years’ Salary Awarded For…
On 20th March 2019, the Respondent terminated the Complainant’s employment….
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News - June 2nd, 2020
Interesting Decision On Extension Of Employment…
The Complainant was employed as Operations Manager from 1982 to 17th June 2019…
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News - June 2nd, 2020
Wrc Held Unfair Selection For Redundancy…
The Respondent is an events company and because of sales underperformance…
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Covid News - June 1st, 2020
Covid 19 – A timely reminder…
The first part of May saw a number of developments in relation to returning employees…
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Covid News - June 1st, 2020
Covid-19 and Employment Law – Milestones…
May has been a very busy month from an employment law perspective. There…
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Covid News - June 1st, 2020
Reopening the workplace – The New…
The month of May brought a number of milestones in terms of the move towards…
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News - May 1st, 2020
Constitutional Challenge of the Workplace Relations…
In April 2016, the Applicant had been dismissed from his position as a supervisor…
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News - May 1st, 2020
Dismissal Found Unfair Due To Reliance…
The Complainant was dismissed on 31st October 2018 due sending over 70 aggressive…
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News - May 1st, 2020
Failure To Attend The Hearing Costs…
The Complainant worked for the Respondent as a forklift worker for 31 years.
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News - May 1st, 2020
Update from WRC and Labour Court
The Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) recently posted an update in relation to dealing…
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Covid News - May 1st, 2020
Update in respect of the Covid-19…
the workings of the Government’s Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme which is aimed..
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Covid News - March 31st, 2020
Covid-19 Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme
On Friday 27th March, 2020, the Emergency Meausures in the Public Interest (COVID-19)…
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News - March 31st, 2020
Failure To Consult With Employee During…
The Complainant commenced work with the Respondent in June 2016 and in April 2017…
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News - March 31st, 2020
Labour Court Reverses Award Of €37,500…
The Complainant joined the Respondent Company in September 2015 as General Ledger Staff Accountant.
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News - March 31st, 2020
Award Granted For Pregnancy Related Dismissal…
The Complainant was employed as a Community Development Officer on 1st November 2016.
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Covid News - March 4th, 2020
Employer & Employee Obligations Re Covid-19…
There appears to be a lot of confusion as to employers’ obligations and employees’ rights…
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News - March 3rd, 2020
RTÉ’s inconsistent retirement policy costs them…
In the recent decision of WRC the broadcaster Radio Teilifís Éireann…
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News - March 3rd, 2020
Gig Economy Workers: What is their…
The Gig economy is a common free market system involving temporary positions…
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News - March 3rd, 2020
Are Your Restrictive Covenants Enforceable? The…
The well-publicised recent High Court decision in the case of Ryanair DAC v Bellew…
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News - March 3rd, 2020
Employee Unfairly Dismissed Pursuant To Heated…
The Complainant was employed as a Senior Sales Executive by the Respondent…
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News - December 20th, 2019
Employer pays €15,000 for penalising employee
The Respondent employed the Complainant as a cleaner on 21st January 2019….
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News - December 20th, 2019
Inconsistent policies and procedures criticised in…
In the recent decision of Ms Justice Deirdre Murphy in the case of Dillon v The Board of…
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News - December 20th, 2019
Meet Harvey: The new AOC Solicitors…
Harvey joined AOC Solicitors in November 2019 as the firm’s Wellness Manager…
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News - December 2nd, 2019
Employee awarded €20,000 for being dismissed…
The Complainant was diagnosed with Dyslexia when she was in fifth year at school but was…
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