Bonnington Hotel operator to pay €26k for sham redundancy The operators of the former Regency Hotel in Dublin have been ordered to pay €26,000 compensation to a former carpenter over a "sham redundancy" that was executed in a manner "that was both ruthless and dishonest". Business • 01 Sep
Bonnington Hotel operator to pay €26k for sham redundancy The operators of the former Regency Hotel in Dublin have been ordered to pay €26,000 compensation to a former carpenter over a "sham redundancy" that was executed in a manner "that was both ruthless and dishonest". Business • 01 Sep
WRC talks in bid to avert school secretaries strike Exploratory talks will be held at the Workplace Relations Commission on Wednesday in a bid to avert planned strike action by school secretaries and caretakers. Business • 25 Aug
WRC talks in bid to avert school secretaries strike Exploratory talks will be held at the Workplace Relations Commission on Wednesday in a bid to avert planned strike action by school secretaries and caretakers. Business • 25 Aug
Sommelier without wages 'never heard from Mr Shanahan' The sommelier at famed Dublin restaurant Shanahan's on the Green has said he "never heard from Mr Shanahan again" after the owner said he was leaving for America last year with a promise to "resolve matters" when staff went unpaid. Business • 15 Aug
Sommelier without wages 'never heard from Mr Shanahan' The sommelier at famed Dublin restaurant Shanahan's on the Green has said he "never heard from Mr Shanahan again" after the owner said he was leaving for America last year with a promise to "resolve matters" when staff went unpaid. Business • 15 Aug
WRC awards reduced losses to manager sacked after 'joke' A tribunal has made a reduced award for losses from unfair dismissal to a manager sacked after he admitted taking a colleague's phone and sending her husband a "sexually explicit" text message as "a joke". Business • 15 Aug
WRC awards reduced losses to manager sacked after 'joke' A tribunal has made a reduced award for losses from unfair dismissal to a manager sacked after he admitted taking a colleague's phone and sending her husband a "sexually explicit" text message as "a joke". Business • 15 Aug
WRC awards €50,000 to new mum denied part-time hours A security firm which refused to let a new mother come back to work on part-time hours after having her first baby has been ordered to pay her €50,000 in compensation for discrimination. Business • 14 Aug
WRC awards €50,000 to new mum denied part-time hours A security firm which refused to let a new mother come back to work on part-time hours after having her first baby has been ordered to pay her €50,000 in compensation for discrimination. Business • 14 Aug
Airport security man demoted for kissing colleague Airport chiefs have been urged to give a security worker his old job back as a supervisor after he was demoted for kissing a subordinate while they were at work together at a screening line two summers ago. Business • 13 Aug
Airport security man demoted for kissing colleague Airport chiefs have been urged to give a security worker his old job back as a supervisor after he was demoted for kissing a subordinate while they were at work together at a screening line two summers ago. Business • 13 Aug
Founder of breast cancer clothing firm wins €85k The founder of a clothing line for breast cancer patients has won nearly €85,000 after a tribunal ruled she was constructively dismissed by having her salary stopped last year. Business • 12 Aug
Founder of breast cancer clothing firm wins €85k The founder of a clothing line for breast cancer patients has won nearly €85,000 after a tribunal ruled she was constructively dismissed by having her salary stopped last year. Business • 12 Aug
Man called 'dog' by boss awarded €8,000 at WRC A worker who said his ex-boss slashed his rostered hours down to just one day a week and got "abusive" with him at a meeting has won nearly €8,000 in unpaid wages and compensation. Ireland • 08 Aug
Man called 'dog' by boss awarded €8,000 at WRC A worker who said his ex-boss slashed his rostered hours down to just one day a week and got "abusive" with him at a meeting has won nearly €8,000 in unpaid wages and compensation. Ireland • 08 Aug
Beauty salon discriminated against Travellers, WRC rules A beauty salon has been ordered to pay a Traveller woman and her daughters €500 each in compensation for discrimination after insisting they pay cash up front for their beauty treatments. Business • 07 Aug
Beauty salon discriminated against Travellers, WRC rules A beauty salon has been ordered to pay a Traveller woman and her daughters €500 each in compensation for discrimination after insisting they pay cash up front for their beauty treatments. Business • 07 Aug
Seasonal worker at turkey farm wins redundancy at WRC A turkey farm worker who was able to produce a two-decade-old company handbook to back up her employment tribunal case after her ex-employer stated it had no records earlier than 2018, has won an order for 20 years' statutory redundancy. Business • 05 Aug
Seasonal worker at turkey farm wins redundancy at WRC A turkey farm worker who was able to produce a two-decade-old company handbook to back up her employment tribunal case after her ex-employer stated it had no records earlier than 2018, has won an order for 20 years' statutory redundancy. Business • 05 Aug
Apprentice mechanic denied pay to get €5,000 in wages A motor garage which put an unregistered apprentice mechanic to work for three months without wages has been directed to pay him €5,418 after failing to successfully argue it was entitled to pay him less than two-fifths of the minimum wage. Business • 05 Aug
Apprentice mechanic denied pay to get €5,000 in wages A motor garage which put an unregistered apprentice mechanic to work for three months without wages has been directed to pay him €5,418 after failing to successfully argue it was entitled to pay him less than two-fifths of the minimum wage. Business • 05 Aug
Calling manager 'useless' not a firing offence, WRC finds The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has ordered Tesco to re-employ a worker it sacked last year for calling his manager "useless" in a performance review meeting - after ruling the supermarket's management went over the top in dismissing him. Business • 31 Jul
Calling manager 'useless' not a firing offence, WRC finds The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has ordered Tesco to re-employ a worker it sacked last year for calling his manager "useless" in a performance review meeting - after ruling the supermarket's management went over the top in dismissing him. Business • 31 Jul
School denies attempting to mislead WRC Lawyers acting for a Dublin school say it and its principal "absolutely deny" a claim that it has attempted to "mislead" the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) by handing in "false" versions of a guidance counsellor's employment contracts. Business • 28 Jul
School denies attempting to mislead WRC Lawyers acting for a Dublin school say it and its principal "absolutely deny" a claim that it has attempted to "mislead" the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) by handing in "false" versions of a guidance counsellor's employment contracts. Business • 28 Jul
WRC to increase accessibility to its services The Workplace Relations Commission has published a new strategy statement with a target of increasing accessibility to its services. Ireland • 24 Jul
WRC to increase accessibility to its services The Workplace Relations Commission has published a new strategy statement with a target of increasing accessibility to its services. Ireland • 24 Jul
Security officer awarded €30,000 for non-payment of wages A Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) adjudicator has blasted a security firm for its "blatant flouting" of national pay regulations for the sector as he awarded more than €30,000 to a worker subjected to non-payment of wages. Business • 23 Jul
Security officer awarded €30,000 for non-payment of wages A Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) adjudicator has blasted a security firm for its "blatant flouting" of national pay regulations for the sector as he awarded more than €30,000 to a worker subjected to non-payment of wages. Business • 23 Jul
Worker accused of pointing knife at director wins €1,500 A tribunal has ruled that a meat plant boss acted reasonably by dismissing a worker he accused of pointing a knife at him after finding that the company director would not have risked slowing down the line "without good reason". Business • 22 Jul
Worker accused of pointing knife at director wins €1,500 A tribunal has ruled that a meat plant boss acted reasonably by dismissing a worker he accused of pointing a knife at him after finding that the company director would not have risked slowing down the line "without good reason". Business • 22 Jul
Bra saleswoman wins €15,800 for constructive dismissal A lingerie saleswoman who said she was forced to quit her job of nearly 20 years over the health impact of workplace stress due to a "toxic" work environment at a Dublin department store has won €15,800 for constructive dismissal. Business • 22 Jul
Bra saleswoman wins €15,800 for constructive dismissal A lingerie saleswoman who said she was forced to quit her job of nearly 20 years over the health impact of workplace stress due to a "toxic" work environment at a Dublin department store has won €15,800 for constructive dismissal. Business • 22 Jul
WRC adjudicator - witness can't testify from moving train A Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) adjudicator has abandoned an employment rights hearing today after deciding it was not "satisfactory" that a defence witness had dialled in from a moving train. Business • 21 Jul
WRC adjudicator - witness can't testify from moving train A Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) adjudicator has abandoned an employment rights hearing today after deciding it was not "satisfactory" that a defence witness had dialled in from a moving train. Business • 21 Jul
Head of UN bureau 'reassigned' after complaints, WRC told The former head of the United Nations' migrant assistance bureau in Dublin was "reassigned because of her behaviour in Ireland" after over a dozen staff complaints and resignations, a tribunal has been told. Ireland • 16 Jul
Head of UN bureau 'reassigned' after complaints, WRC told The former head of the United Nations' migrant assistance bureau in Dublin was "reassigned because of her behaviour in Ireland" after over a dozen staff complaints and resignations, a tribunal has been told. Ireland • 16 Jul
DHL ordered to pay €18,000 to warehouseman left jobless Logistics multinational DHL has been ordered to pay a redundancy package worth over €18,000 to a warehouseman left jobless after he turned down a transfer to a site that would have required a return commute up to five hours long. Business • 15 Jul
DHL ordered to pay €18,000 to warehouseman left jobless Logistics multinational DHL has been ordered to pay a redundancy package worth over €18,000 to a warehouseman left jobless after he turned down a transfer to a site that would have required a return commute up to five hours long. Business • 15 Jul
Employee sacked after recorded phone call wins €10,000 An employee who was sacked when a recording of him venting his "frustrations" to his company's human resources chief was sent to the CEO months later has won €10,000 for unfair dismissal Business • 11 Jul
Employee sacked after recorded phone call wins €10,000 An employee who was sacked when a recording of him venting his "frustrations" to his company's human resources chief was sent to the CEO months later has won €10,000 for unfair dismissal Business • 11 Jul
School principal shredded work diaries during probe The ex-principal of the fee-paying Leinster Senior College has lost a challenge to his sacking after he shredded work diaries when his employer put him under investigation for running a "rival" grinds business. Business • 10 Jul
School principal shredded work diaries during probe The ex-principal of the fee-paying Leinster Senior College has lost a challenge to his sacking after he shredded work diaries when his employer put him under investigation for running a "rival" grinds business. Business • 10 Jul
Group of staff at Shanahan's on the Green left short €35k A group of staff at Dublin restaurant Shanahan's on the Green were left short nearly €35,000 when it shut abruptly last year, a tribunal has found. Business • 08 Jul
Group of staff at Shanahan's on the Green left short €35k A group of staff at Dublin restaurant Shanahan's on the Green were left short nearly €35,000 when it shut abruptly last year, a tribunal has found. Business • 08 Jul
Supervisor let go from boarding school wins €12k at WRC A worker let go when the patron of Ireland's only full-time Irish-language boarding school moved to taking day pupils only has secured orders worth nearly €12,000 for employment rights breaches. Business • 04 Jul
Supervisor let go from boarding school wins €12k at WRC A worker let go when the patron of Ireland's only full-time Irish-language boarding school moved to taking day pupils only has secured orders worth nearly €12,000 for employment rights breaches. Business • 04 Jul
Supervisor let go from Irish language schools wins €12k A worker let go when the patron of Ireland's only full-time Irish-language boarding school moved to taking day pupils only has secured orders worth nearly €12,000 for employment rights breaches. Business • 03 Jul
Supervisor let go from Irish language schools wins €12k A worker let go when the patron of Ireland's only full-time Irish-language boarding school moved to taking day pupils only has secured orders worth nearly €12,000 for employment rights breaches. Business • 03 Jul
