News 2nd June 2020

Interesting Decision On Extension Of Employment Post-mandatory Retirement Age

Facts: The Complainant was employed as Operations Manager from 1982 to 17th June 2019 and was paid €54,451.92. The Respondent has a mandatory retirement age of 65 years. The Complainant was due to turn 65 years on 14th June 2017....

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News 2nd June 2020

Wrc Held Unfair Selection For Redundancy As Employer Failed To Prove Criteria Justifying Keeping Employee With Less Service

Facts: The Respondent is an events company and because of sales underperformance, it suffered financial difficulties and had to reduce labour costs. The Respondent, in order to recover from the financial losses, has been using resources of sister company where...

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Covid, News 1st June 2020

Covid 19 – A timely reminder of employer obligations in respect of layoff, short time and redundancy

Updates during May: The first part of May saw a number of developments in relation to returning employees to work including the publication of the  Government’s “Roadmap for reopening society and business” on 1st May and the subsequent publication of...

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Covid, News 1st June 2020

Covid-19 and Employment Law – Milestones in May

May has been a very busy month from an employment law perspective. There have been a number of government announcements and updates that directly impact employer and employee obligations and entitlements. These updates are summarised below: 1. Roadmap for reopening...

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Covid, News 1st June 2020

Reopening the workplace – The New Normal

Milestones so far: The month of May brought a number of milestones in terms of the move towards re-opening the country’s workplaces. On 1st May, the Government published its “Roadmap for reopening society and business” which sets out the Government’s...

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News 1st May 2020

Constitutional Challenge of the Workplace Relations Commission dismissed by the High Court

Zalewski v Workplace Relations Commission [2010] IEHC 178 Factual Background In April 2016, the Applicant had been dismissed from his position as a supervisor of a convenience store by his former employer. The Applicant instituted claims for unfair dismissal and...

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News 1st May 2020

Dismissal Found Unfair Due To Reliance On Final Written Warning Which Was Under Appeal

The Complainant was dismissed on 31st October 2018 due sending over 70 aggressive emails to management during a nine month period regardless of his employer’s instruction to cease sending these emails. At the time of his dismissal he was already...

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News 1st May 2020

Failure To Attend The Hearing Costs The Employer €85,000

Facts: The Complainant worked for the Respondent as a forklift worker for 31 years. The Respondent is a paintings/coatings supply company. In or around May 2019, the Complainant was told by her manager to attend a meeting. She was not...

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News 1st May 2020

Update from WRC and Labour Court

WRC: Dealing with adjudication complaints during the period of Covid-19 related restrictions. The Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) recently posted an update in relation to dealing with adjudication complaints during the period of Covid-19 related restrictions. In line with Government and...

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Covid, News 1st May 2020

Update in respect of the Covid-19 Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme

In a previous article dated 30th March  2020 (available here), we discussed the workings of the Government’s Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme which is aimed at helping employers to keep employees on the payroll for the duration of the Covid-19 crisis...

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