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The bulk of the sum, €93,362 was awarded by the WRC for the woman's losses from dismissal after she gave evidence that the businessman cut off her pay and had her company car towed after he left the family home in 2023

Woman sacked by alleged sex addict businessman wins €100k

The partner of an allegedly sex-addicted businessman who sacked her as his company secretary after she confronted him about using a gay dating app and an escort website while on a family holiday has been awarded nearly €100,000 by an employment tribunal.

Business • 30 Apr

The Workplace Relations Commission has rejected a complaint under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 against the Dublin Airport Authority by an airside operations manager, who was dismissed last August

WRC upholds sacking of senior Dublin Airport executive

A tribunal has upheld the dismissal of a senior Dublin Airport executive whose 25-year career came to an end when he was sacked for gross misconduct after being arrested over allegations of theft from terminal shops.

Business • 12 Feb

Tech firm PluralSight has been ordered to pay an Irish sales director €112,000 over the handling of her redundancy during a round of staff cuts in 2022

Tech firm ordered to pay sales director €112,000

American tech firm PluralSight has been ordered to pay an Irish sales director €112,000 over the handling of her redundancy during a round of staff cuts in 2022.

Business • 16 Jul 24

The former managing director of a hair salon company has been awarded €86,000 for unfair dismissal after representatives of the firm dropped out of a WRC hearing

Sacked hair salon boss wins €86,000 in unopposed WRC case

The former managing director of a hair salon company owned by the mother of his child has been awarded €86,000 for unfair dismissal after representatives of the firm dropped out of a Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) hearing and said they would not be contesting the case.

Business • 30 May 24

Today's decision brings the total awards made by the WRC to members of the Hanley family, which owned the Fish Shack chain, to over €117,049

Son of restaurant founder wins €60k for rights breaches

The new management of a Dublin restaurant group embarked on a "blinkered, cynical process" to oust its founder and his three sons from the business using the Covid-19 pandemic as cover, the Workplace Relations Commission has ruled.

Business • 03 May 24

A takeaway worker who said she was sacked by text after asking for a €1-an-hour raise has won nearly €900 in a claim for unfair dismissal at the WRC

Restaurant boss loses dismissal case at WRC

A takeaway worker who said she was sacked by text after asking for a €1-an-hour raise when its new owner gave her more work to do has won nearly €900 in a claim for unfair dismissal.

Business • 01 May 24

Owners were 'heartless' in dismissal of banker who spent decades moonlighting pulling pints at Dublin pub, the WRC decides

Banker who moonlighted in Dublin pub wins €25,000

A banking professional who moonlighted for nearly 30 years "pulling pints" at a Dublin pub has been awarded €25,000 for the "heartless" and "completely unlawful" way he was dismissed by the family he had first come to work for in the 1980s.

Business • 21 Dec 23

A postman who had an assault conviction reduced to a probation order on appeal has secured €5,000 in compensation for being sacked

Sacked postman awarded €5,000 for unfair dismissal

A postman who had an assault conviction reduced to a probation order on appeal has now secured €5,000 in compensation for being sacked by An Post, which found he had brought the service "into disrepute".

Business • 29 Nov 23

A HSE temp worker who said she was forced out of the job by the behaviour of a manager has won her constructive dismissal claim

HSE temp who got work texts at nearly 3am wins case

A HSE temp worker who said she was forced out of the job by the behaviour of a manager who sent her work-related texts while she was out sick, as late as 2.48am on a Saturday morning, has won her constructive dismissal claim.

Business • 26 Apr 23

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