Can you lodge a claim before the WRC while on notice but not yet dismissed And what is the true cost of say a €20k award The Simple answer is YES. A recent case was concluded where the Complainant received €20,000.00 for unfair dismissal. The Respondent argued that the complaint had been submitted on 5 [...]
State of Kuwait to appeal Labour Court ruling quashing its immunity from Irish employment law A ruling last month found that an employee of the State of Kuwait could take a case under Irish law. The Labour Court ruling which quashed the claim of its embassy to diplomatic immunity from Irish laws relating to workers’ [...]
A RENTAL COMPANY has been ordered to pay €61,100 to a general manager after she found herself to be effectively demoted to general operative after returning from maternity leave. At the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), adjudication officer James Kelly ordered the unnamed business to pay the worker €53,000 after finding that she was discriminated against [...]
Indian restaurant ordered to pay €3,000 over refusal to serve Indian customer Ravi Shukla said he never received notification to appear at WRC and will appeal An Indian restaurant in Dublin 4 has been ordered to pay a customer €3,000 over the owner’s refusal to serve the man food – because he was Indian. In [...]
A man in his 50s who died following a workplace accident at Dublin's docks has been named locally as Nicholas Collier. The truck driver died at around 10:30am on Wednesday morning after being hit by another Trade Union SIPTU has called for immediate action to protect workers following the tragic death of Nicholas, Dublin Live [...]
Gay marriage cake: customer takes case to European court ‘This is about limited companies being somehow able to pick and choose which customers they will serve.’ Lawyers representing a man from Northern Ireland who sued a bakery for refusing to make a cake with pro-gay marriage message are going to Europe to challenge a Supreme [...]
Man accused of 'stealing' from employer for taking sick leave over back injury awarded €10,000 The fresh produce employee took a case against his former employer to the Labour Court. A FRESH PRODUCE employee accused of “stealing” from his employer after it was wrongly claimed that he faked a back injury has been awarded €10,000. [...]
Woman awarded €15k after claiming she was dismissed because of her pregnancy A WOMAN HAS been awarded €15,000 after claiming she was dismissed from her job because of her pregnancy following a hearing before the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC). The complainant was employed as a training coordinator by a healthcare trainer on 1 November 2016. [...]
A MAYO RETAILER has been left with a €20,000 bill after unfairly dismissing a female employee in a dispute concerning 12 slices of ham. It follows a Labour Court determination that Sloneczko Ltd, trading as the Breadski Brothers, should pay €20,000 to sacked sales assistant, Agnieszka Kopacz. The Labour Court made the ruling after finding [...]
WRC awards €2,500 to man for age discrimination The Workplace Relations Commission has awarded €2,500 to a man who suffered age discrimination. The man accepted a job as a minibus driver for a charity but the job offer was withdrawn a month later on the basis of his age. His application papers contained five documents [...]