Workplace Relations Commission finds that Kerry County Council failed, for a period of seven years, to undertake straight forward and inexpensive steps which would have allowed an employee with back…
FeltonMcKnightOctober 4, 2023
Sexually harassed in the workplace Nadine Harty, a prep chef at the Greenway Manor Hotel took a claim against her former employer alleging that she had been subjected to harassment,…
FeltonMcKnightApril 18, 2023
A worker has been awarded €16,000 in compensation by the WRC against his employers, who admitted that they failed to pay the employee a Sunday premium over a 13-year period.…
FeltonMcKnightJanuary 24, 2023
Popular discount store Mr Price has been ordered to pay €20,000 in compensation to a former worker after her employment was terminated while she was on maternity leave. The Workplace…
FeltonMcKnightJuly 13, 2022
A worker with Heavey Technology-Quality Labels Ltd in Dublin has been awarded €31,000 after he was forced to retire by his employer. Employment Equality Act Lodging a complaint under the…
FeltonMcKnightMay 10, 2022
A butcher who worked for the same employer, a supermarket in Mayo, for 28 years has lost his claim for constructive dismissal at the Workplace Relations Commission. Change in duties…
FeltonMcKnightMay 2, 2022
‘Family Guy’ clip results in unfair dismissal for colleague A Limerick pharma-company worker who sent a female colleague an ‘ill-advised’ message and clip of the television show ‘Family Guy’ was…
FeltonMcKnightJanuary 28, 2022
The WRC awarded compensation to senior staff nurse of €85,000 for discrimination after a compulsory retirement from the nursing home she worked in. The WRC said that the award was…
FeltonMcKnightSeptember 6, 2021
The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has ruled that a man who had been drinking alcohol just hours before starting work and subsequently lost his job has been unfairly dismissed. The…
FeltonMcKnightSeptember 3, 2021
