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Anne O'Connell Solicitors
News - October 25th, 2018

Flawed Procedure Costs Employer €4,500

In the recent case of Adjudication Officer Joe Donnelly, the complainant was awarded €4,500 for unfair dismissal due…..

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Anne O'Connell Solicitors
News - October 25th, 2018

Fixed-Term Worker Awarded Redundancy Payment…

A plumber was engaged on a series of fixed-term contracts for the specific purpose of carrying our refurbishment of the hotels…

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Anne O'Connell Solicitors
News - October 1st, 2018

WRC Sets Aside Waiver And…

The Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) has held that an employee was unfairly dismissed in circumstances were although a genuine…

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Anne O'Connell Solicitors
News - October 1st, 2018

Advocate General’s Opinion Is That…

The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) Advocate General issued an opinion on 11th September 2018 agreeing with the Supreme…

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Anne O'Connell Solicitors
News - October 1st, 2018

Ambiguous Resignations – Who Really…

A recent decision of the UK’s Employment Appeals Tribunal has upheld a decision confirming that a claimant who resigned was in fact…

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Anne O'Connell Solicitors
News - September 3rd, 2018

WRC Upholds Dismissal of an…

The WRC has upheld an Employer’s decision to dismiss an employee for what was described as a repeated and deliberate failure to comply…

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Anne O'Connell Solicitors
News - September 3rd, 2018

Acceptance of reactive resignation held…

The recent WRC decision in the case of A Worker v Food Service Provider seen the Complainant receive an award for financial loss as her…

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Anne O'Connell Solicitors
News - September 3rd, 2018

No financial loss if employee…

The Complainant commenced employment with the Respondent in December 2011, working 3 days a week. The Complainant’s employment…

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Anne O'Connell Solicitors
News - August 1st, 2018

WRC upholds dismissal despite flaw…

The recent decision of Adjudicator Michael Hayes will give some comfort to employers. The Complainant was employed as a painter from…

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Anne O'Connell Solicitors
News - August 1st, 2018

Landmark Employment Law cases to…

Early this month, permission was granted to have two of the most significant recent employment law cases in Ireland heard before the Supreme…

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Anne O'Connell Solicitors
News - August 1st, 2018

Having no redundancy procedure costs…

The dismissal of the Complainant, by way of redundancy, was held not to be genuine as the Employer did not follow any formal redundancy…

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Anne O'Connell Solicitors
News - July 4th, 2018

Pressure and stress from multiple…

The Claimant was employed as an Accounts Administrator for the Respondent for two years before alleging that her job became so unbearable…

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