News - October 19th, 2023
Labour Court Reduces €10,000 Unfair Dismissal…
The Labour Court (the “Court”) case of Scoil Aine Naofa v Michael Hughes ADJ00025-23 concerned…
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News - October 19th, 2023
Labour Court Finds Aer Lingus…
Aer Lingus v. Elizabeth Barry EDA2331 was an appeal to the Labour Court (the “Court”) by the…
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News - October 19th, 2023
Labour Court Overturns €18,000 Penalisation…
In an article published in our October 2022 newsletter , we discussed the decision of the Workplace…
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News - October 19th, 2023
WRC Finding of Unfair Dismissal…
Kenneth Malone v Cerlock Ltd ADJ-00041931 concerned three complaints to the Workplace…
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News - October 19th, 2023
Dental Practice Manager awarded €15,000…
In Zsuzsanna Budai v Acd Practice Management Ltd (Ardum Clinic) ADJ-00037391, the Complainant…
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News - August 21st, 2023
WRC Awards Employee €20,000 for…
The Labour Court (the “Court”) case of Scoil Aine Naofa v Michael Hughes ADJ00025-23 concerned an…
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News - August 21st, 2023
High Court Finds that School…
The High Court has recently upheld the decision of the Labour Court that a Principal of a primary school…
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News - August 21st, 2023
WRC Finds Unfair Dismissal for…
The Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) case of Paul Burke v Dungarvan Insulation Limited…
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News - August 21st, 2023
WRC Upholds Unfair Dismissal Complaint…
A Worker v A Health Service Provider ADJ-00037789 concerned a complaint to the Workplace…
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News - July 19th, 2023
Supreme Court Finds that HSE…
The Supreme Court has recently considered the legal position relating to workplace suspensions…
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News - July 18th, 2023
Update – Work Life Balance…
The Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (the “Act”) was signed into…
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News - July 18th, 2023
Complainant Summarily Dismissed Due to…
The Complainant in Andrew Revell v Life and Balance Centre ADJ-00039884 was summarily…
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News - July 18th, 2023
Employee Subjected to Penalisation for…
The case of Patrick O’Connor v Wexford County Council ADJ-00040852 involved a complaint…
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News - July 18th, 2023
WRC Orders Re-Engagement of Dismissed…
The Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) case of Orla Howe v Colm Kelly, Healy Crowley Ahearn…
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News - July 18th, 2023
Solicitor Awarded €30,000 for Dismissal…
The Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) case of Orla Howe v Colm Kelly, Healy Crowley Ahearn…
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News - June 16th, 2023
Employer Directed to Amend Parental…
The Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) case of Elizabeth O’Reilly v Avista CLG was brought under…
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News - June 16th, 2023
Director Held to be an…
Facts: The Complainant was one of two original directors of the Respondent, Tile & Wood Factory…
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News - June 16th, 2023
Dismissal Within the Band of…
In the recent case of Darren Kiernan v Joseph Brennan Bakeries ADJ-00039331 the Complainant was…
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News - June 16th, 2023
New Sectoral Employment Order (Construction…
The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment recently published the Sectoral Employment Order…
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News - June 16th, 2023
Significant Award For Employee Dismissed…
Facts: The Complainant commenced work on 5th August 2021 as a part-time receptionist in the smaller…
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News - May 11th, 2023
High Court Rules that Disciplinary…
In Amanda Hennigan v An Comisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha [2023] IEHC 87, the Plaintiff applied to the High…
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News - May 11th, 2023
Labour Court Overturns WRC Finding…
In the Labour Court case, Saint John of God Community Services v. Ann Doherty EDA 2313,the Respondent…
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News - May 11th, 2023
Employee Awarded €5,000 for Harassment…
Facts: The Complainant is employed by the Respondent in a creche. She submitted a complaint under the…
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News - May 11th, 2023
WRC Finds that Employer Acted…
The recent Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) case of Kamil Goljanek v Lidl Ireland Gmbh…
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News - May 11th, 2023
Award for Constructive Dismissal Where…
In the case of Ciaran Roche v 3Rockeco Limited (ADJ-00035648) the Workplace Relations…
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News - May 11th, 2023
Employer’s Response to Sexual Harassment…
n the case of Nadine Harty v Causeway Hospitality Ltd Greenway Manor Hotel ADJ-00036502…
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News - May 11th, 2023
WRC Awards €30,000 Due To…
In the case of Brendan Beirne v Rosderra Irish Meats Group ADJ00027036 the Workplace…
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News - May 11th, 2023
Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous…
The Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (the “Act”) was signed into law…
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News - March 14th, 2023
WRC Confirms Genuine Redundancy
Facts: In Edward Timmons v AB Group Packaging Ireland Limited ADJ-0030801 the Complainant…
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News - March 14th, 2023
Reinstatement Ordered Where Employer Refused…
The case of A Social Care Worker v Social Services Charity came before WRC Adjudicator, Brian Dalton…
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News - March 14th, 2023
Employee or Independent Contractor? WRC…
In Maurice Morgan v GK Munster Couriers Limited ADJ-00032720, the Workplace Relations Commission…
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News - March 14th, 2023
Claim of Discriminatory Dismissal During…
The case of Sandra Varian v Zahra Publishing Limited ADJ-00036775 came before the Workplace…
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News - March 14th, 2023
WRC Finds Employee Discriminated Against…
In the case of Ivana Cepo v Sherborough Enterprises Ltd ADJ-00035362 before the Workplace…
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News - February 7th, 2023
Onus is on the Employer…
In the WRC case of Anatoliy Ludchenko v. Harp Renewables LtdADJ-00039137, the Respondent…
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News - February 7th, 2023
The Mere Fact that the…
In Hugh O’Neill v Trinity College Dublin, the Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) heard a…
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News - February 7th, 2023
European Union (Transparent and Predictable…
The European Union (Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions) Regulations 2022 (the “Regulations…
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News - February 7th, 2023
Transparency and Employee’s Input Essential…
Facts: This case of Grainne O’Hara v Zeus Packaging Limited was an appeal from the recommendation…
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News - February 7th, 2023
WRC Finds Unlawful Deduction of…
Eamon Murphy v Michael Connolly & Sons Limited Supervalu Supermarket is a recent Workplace…
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News - February 7th, 2023
Finding of No Discrimination in…
In Marcin Nowak v Moriarty’s Food Markets Ltd T/A Moriarty’s Supervalu Skerries ADJ-00032391 the…
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News - February 7th, 2023
Payment of Wages Claim Well…
The Labour Court (the “Court”) in Aer Lingus Limited v Caitriona Jones PW/22/181 considered an…
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News - December 24th, 2022
Constructive Dismissal Claim Succeeds Even…
It is well established that in cases of constructive dismissal, an employee is generally expected to have…
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News - December 24th, 2022
Employee Fails in Her Claim…
The Adjudicator in this case found that the principles in Nano Nagle in relation to reasonable…
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News - December 24th, 2022
Dismissal of Imprisoned Employee deemed…
The Complainant in Muiris Flynn v Iarnrod Eireann ADJ-00030195 brought an unfair dismissal
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News - December 24th, 2022
Employer Failed to Provide Reasonable…
Eamon Murphy v Michael Connolly & Sons Limited Supervalu Supermarket is a recent Workplace…
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News - December 24th, 2022
WRC Discrimination Finding where Art…
In the case of Sarah Adam v Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board ADJ-00028925 the Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) was very critical
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News - November 9th, 2022
“No-Fault Dismissal” Deemed to be…
In Caroline Mcaree v Newbrook Nursing Home Ulc Drumbear Lodge Nursing Home ADJ-00030614…
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News - November 9th, 2022
Right to Statutory Redundancy Payment…
Facts: The Complainant was a Fleet Training Manager who was employed with the Respondent for 15…
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News - November 9th, 2022
Employer Found to be Justified…
William Morris v Iarnrod Eireann Irish Rail ADJ-00027184 is an interesting recent decision from the…
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News - November 9th, 2022
Employer Justified in Increasing Sanction…
In Martin Browne v Egis Road and Tunnel Operation Ireland Limited ADJ-00019705 the Complainant
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News - November 9th, 2022
Employee Awarded 1/3rd of Loss…
The Complainant in Mark Maunders v Overhead Doors Ireland Limited ADJ-00033788 brought an unfair…
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