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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 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

Two ex-staff have lodged claims for alleged unpaid wages against Randridge International Ltd after being made redundant in July

Engineering firm accused of playing 'financial game'

A worker let go by an engineering firm earlier this year has accused it of playing a "financial game" and "hoping to get away with not paying" staff and suppliers.

Business • 22 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

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

School book publisher Edco has denied discriminating against a sales rep at a case at the WRC

School books too heavy for publisher's sales rep

School book publisher Edco has denied discriminating against a sales rep after she was told she could not stay in her job because medical advice telling her not to lift more than 3kg meant its textbooks were too heavy for her to carry more than one at a time.

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

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