In light of the current Covid-19 restrictions all face-to-face hearings in the Workplace Relations Commission for the month of February have been postponed. For further information please go to the WRC website https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/news-media/workplace_relations_notices/covid-19-update-14-january-2021.html Stay safe!
A fashion company chief executive hacked into a female colleague’s phone and downloaded intimate photos of her, an unfair dismissal case has heard. Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) adjudication officer Kevin Baneham noted the “odious” hacking as he ordered the unnamed company to pay the woman €65,000 in compensation over persistent sexual harassment by the chief executive. He [...]
The Supreme Court ruled in November 2019 that employees have no automatic right to bring legal representatives to internal workplace disciplinary procedures. The case of McKelvey v Irish Rail, the court ruled that an employee would need to establish that they have an ‘exceptional’ case that requires the involvement of lawyers. Mr McKelvey was an [...]