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News 4th August 2019

Employee’s position held to be redundant after Employer changes his place of work

Facts: The complainant worked with the respondent in Bandon for 10 years. He was certified as unfit to work for a period of 1 year. During this sick leave, the respondent moved the Complainant’s job position to Cork city. On...

News 4th August 2019

Burden of proof on Employees in discrimination case

Fact: The Complainant worked in the shop of the respondent on a fixed-term contract. The Complainants contract was renewed twice, however on the third occasion the Respondent decided not to renew the contract. The Complainant claimed that the respondent decided...

News 4th August 2019

Employer ordered to pay Employee on sick leave for endangering the employee’s physical or mental wellbeing despite instructions forming part of his terms of employment.

Facts: The Complainant worked as a carer for the Respondent, who was a disability services provider. An issue arose in which he did not feel comfortable attending to the intimate care of female service users. Whilst it used to be...

News 4th August 2019

No written contract costs Employer €4,000 in Constructive Dismissal case

Facts: This case concerns a co-appeal in relation to an unfair dismissal claim. The Complainant worked for the Respondent but there was no written contract between the parties. Both parties gave contrasting evidence as to the contents of the agreement...

News 2nd August 2019

Court of Appeal puts nail in the coffin for injunction applications where dismissal is by way of redundancy

The Court held that the Claimant was constructively dismissed and awarded him €15,000. The Labour Court did not have sufficient information from the Claimant to confirm his financial losses and on that basis was cautious about the amount of the...

News 30th June 2019

Labour Court finds Employee was Constructively Dismissed without any Grievance Procedure Required due to Unjustifiable Suspension

On 11th June 2019, the Labour Court overturned a decision made by a Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) adjudicator in awarding an employee €15,000 for constructive dismissal. Facts The Claimant, a warehouse manager commenced employment with the Respondent in June...

News 30th June 2019

Labour Court awards maximum of €51,168 for discriminatory dismissal

Facts On 11th June 2019 the Labour Court awarded an employee €51,168 following discriminatory treatment she received when returning to work from maternity leave. The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) awarded the Claimant €11,602.50 for the unfair treatment she received. Both...

News 4th June 2019

Labour Court awards €15,000.00 to Tesco Employee for failure to take account of medical issues raised in Unfair Dismissal case.

Facts The Complainant was employed with the Respondent since 2004 and at the time of her dismissal was working on the Customer Service Desk. Between June and July 2017, on three occasions a transactional discrepancy arose while the Complainant was...

News 4th June 2019

Employee awarded €1,000 for Unfair Dismissal in WRC due to his Significant Contribution to his Dismissal

On 16th May 2019, the Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) found the dismissal of the Claimant was substantively fair but procedurally unfair and awarded the Claimant €1,000 in compensation. Facts The Claimant was employed by an employment agency and was placed...

News 4th June 2019

Labour Court overturns WRC’s award of €12,500 for discriminatory dismissal on the age ground

On 12th May 2019 , the Labour Court overturned a decision made by a Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) adjudicator who granted an employee €12,500 in compensation for discriminatory dismissal on the ground of age. Facts The Claimant commenced employment...

News 4th June 2019

Employer’s failure to reasonably accommodate new employee cost them 18 months’ salary

In the case of a Worker v Airline Service Company, the Complainant was awarded €15,000 by the WRC (18 months’ salary) in compensation over his discriminatory dismissal due to his dyspraxia. Summary The Complainant commenced part time employment with the...

News 2nd May 2019

Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019

Earlier this month the Government published the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019 (the Bill) aiming to ultimately reduce the gender pay gap in Ireland. It is seen as a welcome step forward in achieving this aim as Irish employers...