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Brian Meagher lodged a complaint under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977.

Prison guard challenges sacking for going AWOL

A prison officer who went AWOL to fight in the Ukrainian Foreign Legion was sacked after a senior official saw him give a TV interview from his hospital bed when he was severely wounded in action.

Business • 06 Nov 24

In a decision published today, the WRC sided with a security worker, who had said his wife needed him after suffering 'extreme trauma'

Securitas to pay worker €2,500 for refusing force majeure

An international security firm has been ordered to pay a worker €2,500 in compensation and give him back three days' holidays for refusing him force majeure leave while his wife was left incapacitated from emergency surgery for complications during childbirth.

Business • 04 Nov 24

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has found that a formal bullying complaint raised by the worker was the "clear" motive for the worker's dismissal

Worker sacked over bullying complaint wins €28,000

A worker at a chemical waste disposal firm has won over €28,000 after he was sacked for making a formal bullying complaint, despite a tribunal rejecting his claims that he was blowing the whistle on the mishandling of chemicals and was targeted for it.

Business • 01 Nov 24

Pregnant bar worker awarded €18,000 at WRC

A pregnant bar supervisor who was faced with unproven and previously unmentioned allegations of sexual misconduct against a male colleague after she was dismissed by her employer has won €19,000 for discrimination.

Business • 31 Oct 24

In a decision published today, the Mulroy Woods Hotel was found in breach of the Equal Status Act 2000.

Hotel ordered to pay €5,000 for racial discrimination

A hotel which told a man it was full when he booked under a "common" Traveller Community surname - only to accept a reservation under a different relative's name just hours later - has been ordered to pay €5,000 for racial discrimination.

Business • 30 Oct 24

The college's position was that Amir Sajad Esmaeily had been told not to access his DBS computer system while visiting what was described in its legal submission as a 'prohibited' country

DBS ordered to pay lecturer sacked for Iran login €53,000

Dublin Business School has been ordered to pay €53,000 after admitting sacking a lecturer for logging into his college email account from Iran was unfair.

Business • 29 Oct 24

The WRC's award was worth nearly 98 weeks' gross wages for the complainant

Receptionist sacked after safety complaint wins €45,000

A local newspaper has failed to convince a tribunal that its offer to get a receptionist a baseball bat to deal with a homeless man who repeatedly came to their office intoxicated was a "metaphor" – and has been ordered to pay her €45,000, after sacking her for making a formal health and safety comp

Business • 24 Oct 24

Software salesman awarded €42,000 by WRC over dismissal

A software company's "policy" of never giving employment references in writing "contributed" to a salesman's loss of earnings when he was left out of work following his unfair dismissal, a tribunal has found.

Business • 24 Oct 24

The complainant said he had opened up the restaurant kitchen while lacking cooking equipment

Chef tells WRC he worked 222 hours in a fortnight

A chef has told the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) that he worked over 220 hours in a fortnight to get a Limerick City restaurant up and running but later backed his colleagues when they decided to shut it down after their employer missed payroll for the second month in a row.

Business • 23 Oct 24

The Workplace Relations Commission has rejected a complaint by Rafael Jorge against his former employer

Once a month back in office 'reasonable' deal for worker

A tribunal has called it "reasonable" for a company to ask a Kerry-based worker who had been on a fully remote contract to travel to an office in Dublin once a month - after his employer pulled back from requesting him back on site at least twice a week.

Business • 25 Oct 24

The worker, Keith Hackett, had originally sought €90,000 for loss of earnings after being sacked by Heineken Ireland Ltd in October 2022.

Heineken ordered to pay sacked worker over €29,000

Heineken has been ordered to pay just over €29,000 to a sacked employee after its human resources team ignored the "rough-and-tumble" work atmosphere at its brewhouse in concluding that he had engaged in the bullying and harassment of two colleagues – which he denied.

Business • 21 Oct 24

In her claim, Ms Reid stated that she earned approximately €20,000 per annum less than her male comparator, Statistician, Jim Grant - retired since 2020.

Teagasc wins battle over €40,000 discrimination payout

A State employment watchdog has upheld an appeal by Teagasc against a ruling that it pay €40,000 in a discrimination payout to a long serving female Statistician.

Business • 21 Oct 24

Irish Heart Foundation worker claims retirement 'ageist'

The Irish Heart Foundation has been accused of ageist discrimination by forcing a worker to retire before his 68th birthday when his contract was not renewed, with the worker maintaining he could have kept doing his job up to the age of 80.

Business • 17 Oct 24

The tribunal found the worker was delayed getting a professional qualification

Care home worker left 'in limbo' awarded €22,000

A HIV-positive care worker who was taken off the roster at a nursing home after disclosing her medical history to her employer has been awarded €22,500 for disability discrimination.

Business • 17 Oct 24

A recruiter who took offence to a senior colleague allegedly pulling his wife's hair at a leaving party claimed he was sacked within a month of complaining about it as an act of penalisation

Worker fired after hair complaint alleges penalisation

A recruiter who took "a lot of offence" to a senior colleague at his firm allegedly approaching his wife after getting drunk at a leaving party and pulling her hair has claimed he was sacked within a month of complaining about it as an act of penalisation.

Business • 15 Oct 24

The adjudicator said Ms Smyth provided "clear and detailed information concerning the events"

Former Iceland worker wins €51,000 in WRC claim

A former Iceland employee who was left unable to claim maternity benefit because of a six-month delay in providing her with necessary forms after being laid off while seven months pregnant has won €51,000 for gender discrimination.

Business • 11 Oct 24

Parnells GAA Club Ltd has been hit by two more orders under the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 on foot of complaints by former staff.

More redundancy awards for GAA club staff

The GAA club once regarded as Ireland's richest is facing a mounting bill for severance pay running to tens of thousands of euro after leaving staff in "employment limbo" for years following its shutdown during Covid-19.

Business • 10 Oct 24

Brendan Ogle has lost his disability discrimination claim against trade union Unite (file image)

Ogle loses disability discrimination claim against Unite

Brendan Ogle has lost his disability discrimination claim against trade union Unite after a tribunal accepted that changes to his position were not related to his status as a cancer survivor.

Business • 09 Oct 24

Four complaints brought by Ryszard Kulbaka against the piggery operator, Drumloman Pork Ltd, under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997, the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 and the Payment of Wages Act 1991 were upheld by the tribunal

Piggery operator ordered to pay worker nearly €14k

A worker who had just 18 days' paid holidays in the course of six years at a Co Cavan piggery has won nearly €14,000 after his former employer was found liable for unpaid annual leave dating back over half a decade.

Business • 07 Oct 24

The case before the Workplace Relations Commission concluded today with the complainant's testimony

Manager says false allegations prevent him finding work

A manager sacked by Bidvest Noonan nearly four years ago says the findings of a company investigation into alleged false overtime claims, which he denies, are still causing him him "difficulties" finding new work in the industry.

Business • 04 Oct 24

The employee said the pay had never been forthcoming despite his "repeated requests" for the money

Financial firm to pay worker €13k over docked wages

A financial services firm has been ordered to pay its former compliance chief €13,333 – his salary for a month - after finding the sum was docked "unlawfully" from his pay last year.

Business • 04 Oct 24

David Morris was the chief medical officer at Cushla Health Systems Ltd

Startup exec wins €88k after going months without salary

A startup has been ordered to pay a former senior executive over €88,000 after a tribunal ruled that its failure to give him his salary, notice pay or accrued annual leave amounted to an "unlawful" deduction.

Business • 02 Oct 24

Last week, SIPTU members employed at the plant began industrial action in the form of a work-to-rule.

BD severance dispute referred to WRC

Medical device maker BD (Becton Dickinson) is to refer a dispute over severance packages at its Drogheda plant to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).

Business • 02 Oct 24

Pickets were placed across 200 retained fire stations in June of last year

Retained firefighters reject WRC pay proposals

Retained firefighters, who are members of SIPTU, have voted to reject Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) proposals aimed at resolving a long-running pay dispute.

Business • 02 Oct 24

Adjudicator Christina Ryan dismissed the complaint as "not well founded"

Leaving Cert supervisor loses case over mileage expenses

A Leaving Cert supervisor who drove a longer route to work because he said he could not risk getting caught behind silage traffic on back roads on his way to State exams has failed in a legal claim following a three-year row over mileage expenses.

Ireland • 01 Oct 24