News - August 10th, 2022
Intern on Work Experience Held Not…
Facts: The Complainant was an unpaid intern with the Respondent as part of work experience…
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News - August 10th, 2022
Discriminatory Dismissal found where the Employer…
The Complainant in this case brought a claim to the Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”)…
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News - August 10th, 2022
Unfair Dismissal Decision Reiterates the Importance…
Facts: The case of Fit4Life Gym v Megan Healy was an appeal to the Labour Court from…
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News - August 10th, 2022
Sexual Harassment Claim Fails As Court…
This case was a Labour Court (“Court”) appeal from three decisions of the Workplace Relations…
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News - August 10th, 2022
Labour Court Varies Redress Ordered by…
In Access IT CLG/Access IT v Andrea Galgey, the “Respondent” appealed the redress ordered…
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News - August 10th, 2022
Period of Unpaid Lay-Off Disregarded in…
Facts: The Complainant was employed by the Respondent from November 1989 until March…
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News - August 10th, 2022
Claim Against Employer for Discriminatory Dismissal…
The recent WRC case of Svetlana Grodzicka v Astra Leisure and Ultra Fresh Services Limited…
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News - July 11th, 2022
Employee Loses Constructive Dismissal Claim but…
The Melissa Moran v C.h Kane Ltd Supervalu[1] case comprised of two complaints to the Workplace….
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News - July 11th, 2022
High Court Grants Isaac Wunder-Type Order…
In Deirdre Morgan v The Labour Court and Others[1] the High Court considered for the first…
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News - July 11th, 2022
Labour Court Uphold Re-Engagement of Former…
The Complainant was employed as a school Principal in Gaelscoil Moshiolog (the School)…
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News - July 11th, 2022
Employers to Begin Mandatory Reporting of…
The Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 (“the Act”) came into force on 31st May 2022. The Act…
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News - June 15th, 2022
Court of Appeal Finds Pizza Delivery…
In Karshan (Midlands) Limited Trading as Domino’s Pizza v The Revenue Commissioners[1] the…
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News - June 15th, 2022
Employee’s Payment Of Wages Claim For…
In the recent WRC Decision of Jennifer Weldon v Forthside Lodge Ltd trading as Whitford…
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News - June 15th, 2022
Fast track Redundancy Process and Broad…
In the recent decision of Darragh O’Farrell v Campbell Catering Limited Trading as Aramark Ireland…
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News - June 15th, 2022
Supreme Court Rules ‘Acting Up’ Scenario…
The Supreme Court held that a permanent senior member of the HSE who was ‘acting up’ in a…
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News - June 15th, 2022
Performance Related Dismissal Deemed Unfair –…
The WRC decision in the case of Margaret Walsh v Bective Stud Ltd – ADJ00032464 which…
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News - May 6th, 2022
WRC Reiterates the Requirement for Redundancy…
Facts: The Complainant, Gerard Buston, commenced employment with the Respondent…
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News - May 6th, 2022
Statutory Redundancy Payment No Longer Taken…
In the recent decision of the WRC in the case of Kieran Murray v Sherry Garden Rooms Limited…
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News - May 6th, 2022
WRC Dismisses Payment of Wages Claim…
In Brigid Walsh v PV Generation Limited, the Complainant issued a complaint under…
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News - May 6th, 2022
Labour Court Finds That Providing a…
In Sylwester Michalski v Strandvous Limited the Respondent Company did not provide a translator…
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News - April 5th, 2022
Employee’s Claim For Reasonable Accommodation Fails…
The recent decision of the WRC in the case of Victorine Neuray v LIRG5 Ltd, ADJ-00029639 highlights…
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News - April 4th, 2022
Compensation, 3 Year Pay Difference And…
Facts: In the case of Paula Reid v Teagasc, Ms Reid (‘the Complainant’) was a Statistician employed…
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News - April 4th, 2022
Wrc Emphasises Procedural Error In Investigation…
In the recent case of Paul Dunne v Randox Teoranta, ADJ-00031187, the Complainant…
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News - April 4th, 2022
WRC Finds Purported Redundancy to be…
This decision is another recent example of the importance of fair procedures in a…
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News - March 3rd, 2022
Labour Court Finds Redundancy To Be…
This was an appeal by the Respondent, Cuan Tamhnaigh Teoranta, to the Labour…
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News - March 3rd, 2022
Mandatory Retirement Age Held Discriminatory on…
In its recent decision in the case of Doreen Nolan v Alsaa, ADJ-00029859 on the…
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News - March 3rd, 2022
High Court Injunction Seeking to Dismiss…
In the High Court case of Philomena Hennessy (the “Plaintiff”) v. Ladbrooks Payments…
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News - March 3rd, 2022
WRC Applies High Bar In Rejecting…
WRC Adjudicator emphasises the high bar that must be met by a Complainant in a…
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News - March 3rd, 2022
Courier Deemed To Be An Employee…
In the case of John Read v. Speedking Couriers Ltd t/a Fastway, the Complainant had…
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News - March 3rd, 2022
WRC Limited Award For Unfair Dismissal…
In the recent decision of Martin Gillen v. Derek Daly Construction Ltd ADJ-00029984 the Complainant…
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Covid News - February 3rd, 2022
The Transitional Protocol: Good Practice Guidance…
On 31 January 2022 the Department for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, published…
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News - February 1st, 2022
WRC Finds Withholding of Ex-Gratia Payment,…
The Complainant was appointed as a cargo surveyor with the Respondent on 1st April 2004…
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News - February 1st, 2022
Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022
The Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022 (“the Bill”) was published on the 21st…
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Covid News - February 1st, 2022
Substantial Award by WRC Highlights Requirement…
Facts: This was an unfair dismissal case in which the Complainant, Mr Ray Walsh, claimed…
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News - February 1st, 2022
Award of Two Years’ Compensation For…
In the recent decision of Robert Libera v Regeneron Ireland DAC, ADJ-0023417…
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News - February 1st, 2022
Dismissal Held To Be Disproportionate Sanction,…
The Complainant was appointed as a cargo surveyor with the Respondent on 1st April 2004…
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Covid News - February 1st, 2022
Heads of Bill Published for Right…
The Covid-19 Pandemic has seen remote working become a staple of the Irish workplace…
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News - December 24th, 2021
Reeling In The Year 2021
It is appropriate at this time of the year to look back at some of the developments
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Covid News - December 24th, 2021
Issues And Payments To Be Aware…
On 17th December 2021, the latest restrictions were introduced which will have an adverse
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News - December 24th, 2021
Reminder Re Gender Pay Gap Information…
As noted in our newsletter earlier this year, the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 (the “Act”)
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News - December 24th, 2021
Employee Re-instated by WRC as Redundancy…
In the recent WRC decision of Colin Dominic Kearns v Ata Tools, ADJ-00030876
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News - December 24th, 2021
HR’s Control of the Process Removed…
In the recent decision of the Labour Court in the case of Frederick Hobson v Praxis Care
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News - December 9th, 2021
Supreme Court Confirms Broad Scope of…
On 1st December 2021, the Supreme Court in Baranya v. Rosderra Meats found in favour of the…
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News - December 8th, 2021
Update: Sick Leave Bill 2021
The details of the highly anticipated Sick Leave Bill (“the Bill”) were recently published by the..
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News - December 8th, 2021
Employee who worked one month awarded…
Facts: The Complainant was employed as a photographer with the Respondent, who operates…
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News - December 8th, 2021
WRC Increases Burden On Employers When…
In the recent decision of the Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) of Jennifer Healy v De Paul…
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News - November 8th, 2021
Employee Awarded €25,000 For Employer’s Failure…
Facts: The Complainant, Anthony Kenny commenced employment with the Respondent…
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News - November 8th, 2021
Labour Court Awards €75,000 For Discriminatory…
In the recent decision of the Labour Court in the case of Kevin Roberts v United Parcel Service…
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Covid News - November 8th, 2021
Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment Update
The Covid-19 PUP closed to new applicants from 8th July 2021. There has been gradual reduction…
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Covid News - November 8th, 2021
Updated Work Safely Protocol
On 22 October 2021 the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar..
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