It is difficult trying to manage your business right now in tandem with navigating the ever-evolving Covid-19 safety requirements. ESA have developed a response pack containing a template structure to allow you ensure your business is incorporating current best practice. We also offer a host of online courses including infection control, safety representative training, first [...]
Employers may not be aware that there are some financial supports available to assist them maintain their businesses going forward. Your Local Enterprise office has applications for: 1. a €2,500 grant to develop your website to accommodate the new way in which you carry out business; and 2. an interest free loan option of €50,000. [...]
Just a quick reminder to anyone involved with providing childcare, the Government wage scheme for childcare providers application must be completed before Tuesday 21st April. Make sure you prioritise this application and share the information with any colleagues.
Vehicle-related workplace deaths Vehicles have become a major cause of workplace deaths, despite the best efforts of the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and HSA. The HSA reported 39 work-related fatalities in 2018, down from 48 in 2017 ─ a 19% decline. Despite the decline, the main dangers last year still came from vehicles in [...]
Receptionist fired after 'screaming' at client and sending them threatening emails awarded €3,520 damages A RECEPTIONIST at a commercial vehicle testing centre has been awarded €3,520 in compensation for unfair dismissal. The woman was sacked after sending threatening emails and texts to a customer and his wife. An adjudication hearing of the Workplace Relations Commission [...]
A design engineer for an agricultural machinery manufacturer who was discriminatorily dismissed over his stammer has been awarded €15,000 compensation. The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) ordered the unnamed firm to pay the worker €15,000 after finding the company discriminated against him on the grounds of his disability - a severe speech impediment. In his findings, [...]
Driver given a choice by a boss to retire or be fired after incident with elderly passenger A long-serving Bus Éireann bus driver said he has been left “deeply traumatised” over the manner of his constructive dismissal by the national bus firm. Dan Fitzpatrick was today speaking after the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) found he [...]
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 [...]