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A barrister acting for Aer Lingus has said the pilot had "defamed" the airline and senior members of its management team

Captain in toxic fumes claim has 'defamed' Aer Lingus

A dismissed Aer Lingus captain who claims he was poisoned by "toxic fumes" on a flight from London to Dublin three years ago, leaving him with brain damage, is set to open a claim for whistleblower penalisation and other alleged employment rights breaches against the airline.

Business • 30 Sep 24

A property firm has been ordered to pay a former employee nearly €32,000 after putting him on gardening leave for three months - but failing to pay him for it.

Firm ordered to pay ex-worker 'gardening leave' pay

A property company has been ordered to pay a former employee nearly €32,000 after putting him on gardening leave for three months - but failing to pay him for it.

Business • 30 Sep 24

"I was in tears, crying non-stop," the worker, Poliane Fernandes Lima, told the WRC earlier this year.

'I was treated like a criminal': Fashion buyer wins €25k

A fashion buyer who felt she was "treated like a criminal" when she was sacked while waiting for her work visa to be renewed has won €25,000 for unfair dismissal.

Business • 27 Sep 24

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) made the award to the worker, Brendan Connor, on foot of a complaint against the national rail operator.

Irish Rail to pay compensation for ageist discrimination

Irish Rail has been ordered to pay compensation for ageist discrimination against a former level crossing guard after a tribunal concluded he was let go "for no reason other than his age".

Business • 26 Sep 24

It's after the WRC directed the management of the Michael English Band, MEPC Music Ltd, to pay nearly €44,000 to fiddle player Matt McGranaghan

Promoter to appeal ruling on fiddler's employment status

A solicitor acting for the company behind one of Ireland's top country music acts says they are appealing a landmark ruling on the employment status of a musician "on behalf of the music industry" because the industry "couldn't operate" without relying on independent contractors.

Business • 25 Sep 24

A banker who spent decades moonlighting as a barman ended up being sacked twice in one year after a manager at AIB read about his unfair dismissal from his after-hours pub job in a news report

Banker moonlighting behind bar lost both jobs within year

A banker who spent decades moonlighting as a barman at a Dublin pub ended up being sacked twice in one year after a senior manager at AIB read about his unfair dismissal from his after-hours pub job in a news report, a tribunal has heard.

Business • 25 Sep 24

The total sum awarded in the matter was €23,130.94

Migrant worker made work excessive hours awarded €23,000

A migrant worker who was on a "grossly excessive" 70-hour week at a takeaway for well under the minimum wage has been awarded over €23,000 in compensation for multiple breaches of his employment rights.

Business • 24 Sep 24

Mr Flanagan, an operations manager with the bank with over 15 years' service, was one of a group of 162 staff at the bank let go in the first half of this yea

Ulster Bank manager who took redundancy deal loses claim

A former Ulster Bank manager who claimed he was made redundant for making a protected disclosure has been told he has no right to pursue a claim after accepting an enhanced redundancy package worth over €145,000.

Business • 20 Sep 24

The worker told her she was "concerned about the dog interfering with or licking the food".

Lidl to pay €2,000 over staff remarks about guide dog

Lidl has been ordered to pay former Paralympic athlete Nadine Lattimore €2,000 for disability discrimination after a worker told her to move her guide dog away from a bakery shelf.

Business • 20 Sep 24

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) concluded the man was refused service "based on a stereotype"

Shop barred man over Roma 'stereotype', tribunal finds

A supermarket whose staff insisted a Roma man was denied service for shouting and calling them "racists" has been ordered to pay him €6,000 for racial discrimination and harassment.

Business • 19 Sep 24

The Workplace Relations Commission made the award to Elizabeth Campbell on foot of her complaint under the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994

Iceland manager left short on pay for months wins €1,900

A worker who said she continued to receive a trainee wage, despite working 50 hours a week or more after being promoted to manage an Iceland branch by herself in the final months before the supermarket chain shut, has won €1,900 in compensation.

Business • 18 Sep 24

A Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) adjudicator concluded there had been a "rush to dismissal"

Aldi worker sacked over sex assault conviction wins €5k

A worker who was sacked by Aldi after senior management found out he had been convicted of sexual assault has won €5,000 for unfair dismissal.

Business • 17 Sep 24

A marketing executive has won €5,400 for unfair dismissal at the WRC

Marketer let go after sales slump last year wins €5,400

A marketing executive who said he "lost friends" for taking a workplace rights case against the operator of the Bingo Loco stage show has won €5,400 for unfair dismissal.

Business • 11 Sep 24

The complainant was a shop steward at the Iceland store in Coolock

Former Iceland shop steward awarded €8,300 by WRC

A former Iceland shop steward has been awarded €8,300 after the then-owner of its Irish stores, Naeem Maniar, threatened to sue her personally on the eve of a strike.

Business • 09 Sep 24

The complainant estimated that he had paid €4,600 out of pocket which would otherwise have been covered by HAP.

Tenant wins €7,500 after landlord refuses HAP

A tenant who said he "could not live" on the €80 a week he had left over after paying rent to a landlord who had refused to accept the housing assistance payment (HAP) has won €7,500 in compensation.

Business • 04 Sep 24

The worker, who was getting a base hourly salary of €12.50 an hour across a 35 to 40-hour week, said his customers were "generous with tips"

Waiter claims employer withheld around €5,000 in tips

A waiter who said he was threatened with sacking after complaining to his employer that he had been denied thousands of euro worth of cash tips is to receive €7,000 under the terms of a tribunal recommendation.

Business • 02 Sep 24

A WRC adjudicator said he could not accept as 'authentic' a series of documents produced by ice cream parlour operator Melt Gelato Ltd (stock image)

Ice cream parlour ordered to pay worker €22k for breaches

A migrant worker who accused a business of faking her initials to make up working time records has won over €22,000 for multiple breaches of her employment rights.

Business • 30 Aug 24

A fiddler has been awarded nearly €44,000 for unfair dismissal (Stock image)

Fiddler awarded €43,000 in 'gig economy' case at WRC

A former fiddler for top country music star Michael English has been awarded nearly €44,000 for unfair dismissal and breaches of employment rights after a tribunal rejected claims that the musician was a contractor working "gig to gig" for six years.

Business • 29 Aug 24

In May, SIPTU described an offer from the Government to increase the retainer paid to the part-time firefighters as unacceptably low

Retained firefighters back before the WRC

Unions and Government representatives will return to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) today in a bid to resolve an ongoing pay row involving retained firefighters.

Business • 29 Aug 24

It brings to nearly €20,000 the total awards made to the worker, Kumar Swapneel Shreyansh on foot of a series of employment rights complaints against the Galway-based games development company 9th Impact Ltd

Games developer to pay €5,000 for racial discrimination

A tribunal has ordered a video games studio to pay €5,000 compensation for racial discrimination to an Indian employee who said his employer ran into "financial difficulties" and cut off his salary for months – but kept on paying some of his Irish colleagues.

Business • 28 Aug 24

The WRC said an administrator who spent 17 years working for the Ryan Commission on child abuse was too late to make a claim of unfair dismissal

Ryan Commission staffer too late to challenge redundancy

An administrator who spent 17 years working for the Ryan Commission on child abuse has secured an order directing his former employer to make good on two years of pay increments he did not receive prior to being made redundant.

Business • 28 Aug 24

Bantry flute teacher Hugh Rance said the problem had been building up since 2011

State paying music teacher €50k a year for unused lessons

A music teacher who claims that a State-funded music school has been wasting public money by paying him and his colleagues for lessons it had no students to attend has now accused an education and training board of penalising him for whistleblowing by assigning him no new students.

Business • 27 Aug 24

A warehouseman who claimed his boss fired him by grabbing him by the neck and shoving him out the door has won €15,000 for constructive dismissal at the WRC

Worker who claimed boss took him by the neck wins €15,000

A warehouseman who claimed his boss fired him by grabbing him by the neck and shoving him out the door with the words "good luck" has won €15,000 for constructive dismissal.

Business • 26 Aug 24

Complainant Tracey Ryan was employed as a scientific skincare advisor from November 2021 to July 2023 by Rinocloud Ltd

AI skin company ordered to pay employee over €3,000

An AI enterprise involved in the use of synthetic "human-like skin" for testing skincare and health products has been ordered to pay over €3,000 to a former employee who said she was told she would not receive what she was owed because the "company had no funds".

Business • 23 Aug 24

Worker awarded €50k after role filled while he had cancer

A senior IT worker whose role was filled while he was absent due to a cancer diagnosis has been awarded €50,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission.

Business • 22 Aug 24

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