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A postman who had an assault conviction reduced to a probation order on appeal has secured €5,000 in compensation for being sacked

Sacked postman awarded €5,000 for unfair dismissal

A postman who had an assault conviction reduced to a probation order on appeal has now secured €5,000 in compensation for being sacked by An …

Business • 22 hrs

Brendan Ogle's case is now expected to last for eight days of evidence and pleadings

WRC to probe discrimination claim by top Unite official

Senior trade unionists, including Unite's UK top brass, may be called before the Workplace Relations Commission as it investigates allegations of discrimination and whistleblower penalisation …

Business • 28 Nov

The adjudicator said she was satisfied the complainant does not have locus standi to take the present claim

Firm fails to get WRC to consider discrimination claim

The Workplace Relations Commission has refused to consider a case against an Irish investment fund by a UK stockbroking firm which has accused it of …

Business • 27 Nov

The talks were held at the Workplace Relations Commission today (pic: RollingNews.ie)

Public sector pay talks adjourned until later this week

Talks on a new public sector pay deal involving unions, staff associations and the Government have been adjourned with the sides expected to meet again …

Business • 27 Nov

The WRC has upheld a pregnancy-related discrimination case at a car dealership business

€28,000 for pregnancy-related discrimination case - WRC

A south Dublin car dealership has been ordered to pay a pregnant teenage saleswoman it sacked €28,000 for discrimination, after finding management knew she was …

Business • 23 Nov

If the talks are successful, it will mean a pay increase for 385,000 public servants including nurses, doctors, gardaí and teachers

Public sector pay talks expected to begin on Monday

Talks on a new public sector pay deal involving unions, staff associations and the Government are expected to begin next week.

Business • 23 Nov

Fórsa, the INMO and SIPTU said is members have given strong backing to a set of proposals agreed last month at the WRC.

Health and community workers vote to accept pay offer

Health and social care workers in the community and voluntary sector have voted to accept an 8% pay increase.

Business • 22 Nov

The WRC issued its findings in the case with all names and identifying information redacted on the grounds that the criminal charges are still before the courts and sub judice

Child services worker wins €32,000 for unfair dismissal

A career professional in the child and family services sector has won €32,000 for being sacked after gardaí charged him in connection with allegations of …

Business • 20 Nov

A chef who accused a Dublin restaurateur of discriminating against him because he is Mauritian has lost his equality claim at the Workplace Relations Commission

Chef fails in discrimination claim against restaurateur

A chef who accused Dublin restaurateur John Farrell of discriminating against him because he is Mauritian has lost his equality claim at the Workplace Relations …

Business • 20 Nov

The case was decided by the Workplace Relations Commission adjudicator

WRC awards massage parlour worker €102k compensation

A massage parlour worker who was sacked after refusing to provide "sexual services" to her male boss has been awarded a record €91,000 in compensation …

Business • 20 Nov

(Stock image) The worker said he used his own car to deliver food and got no petrol money.

Delivery driver for Dublin takeaway paid €5 an hour

A delivery driver for a south Dublin Chinese takeaway who was "disgracefully" sacked without notice after looking for a raise on his €5-an-hour cash-in-hand wages …

Business • 15 Nov

The ex-governor of Ireland's highest-security jail claimed she was demoted

Ex prison chief fails in discrimination complaint

The ex-governor of Ireland's highest-security jail, who claimed she was demoted "at the behest" of a group of male prison officers under her command has …

Business • 15 Nov

The Mandate trade union's press officer has launched a legal claim against his employer at the WRC

Mandate press officer accuses bosses of penalisation

The Mandate trade union's press officer has launched a legal claim against his employer, accusing them of penalisation and unlawful pay deductions.

Business • 14 Nov

The current public sector pay deal, Building Momentum, is due to expire at the end of the year.

Unions invited to public sector pay talks

The Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, Paschal Donohoe is to invite public service unions and staff representative associations to enter negotiations with …

Business • 14 Nov

WRC rejects whistleblower Prison Service office claim

The Workplace Relations Commission has sharply criticised the Department of Justice after the Prison Service's former HR director was changed from a witness to a …

Business • 10 Nov

A company disciplinary process concluded that a worker's absenteeism was gross misconduct and a sacking offence, which the worker challenged in an internal appeal and then in statutory complaints to the WRC

Labourer sacked over wildcat strike wins €7,600

A labourer sacked by a civil engineering firm for taking part in an unofficial "wildcat strike" over pay has secured awards totalling €7,600 on foot …

Business • 10 Nov

A Cork 4 star hotel is to pay €11,000 compensation after declining to host a Traveller girl's Confirmation due to an 'overbooking'

Hotel to pay €11k compensation to Traveller family

A four-star hotel has been ordered to pay out a total of €11,000 compensation after declining to host a Traveller's girl Confirmation celebration at the …

Business • 09 Nov

The WRC has dismissed a race discrimination case taken by a Brazilian hairdresser against a firm operated by David Marshall

WRC dismisses race discrimination case by hairdresser

A State workplace watchdog has dismissed a race discrimination case taken by a Brazilian hairdresser against a firm operated by celebrity hairdresser David Marshall.

Business • 08 Nov

Dawn Meats has called the burgers on the floor claims false and defamatory

Dawn Meats burger claims not 'national security' matter

Allegations that safety and hygiene procedures were "neglected" at a Dawn Meats plant in the winter of 2020 because of pandemic pressures are not a …

Business • 08 Nov

A restaurant has been ordered to pay five former staff over €62,000 for multiple labour law breaches

Workers win €62,000 amid failure on breaks rights

A restaurant which was run with a "chronic, institutional failure" to honour shift breaks before the Covid-19 pandemic hit has been ordered to pay five …

Business • 06 Nov

The employee, Caroline McGarry, said she was forced to quit her job of 13 years

Tobacco firm ordered to pay €40k for unfair dismissal

Ireland's biggest tobacco distributor has been ordered to pay €40,000 after trying to press on with a performance improvement plan for a worker who said …

Business • 31 Oct

The truck driver lost his job after relieving his bowels in a warehouse loading bay (file pic)

Man fired for relieving bowels in warehouse loses claim

A truck driver who lost his job after relieving his bowels in a warehouse loading bay in what he said was a case of "urgent" …

Ireland • 24 Oct

A WRC adjudicator said the conduct of one of the start-up founders had been 'nothing short of disgraceful' the last time he was before the tribunal

EI said start-up did not have enough diversity - claim

The founders of a start-up claim they were discriminated against because an Enterprise Ireland representative allegedly told them they "didn't have enough diversity" when they …

Business • 24 Oct

The WRC made the order as it upheld the employee's complaint of discriminatory dismissal under the Employment Equality Act 1998

Developer to pay €35,000 for discriminatory dismissal

A property developer has been ordered to pay €35,000 to a medically vulnerable construction worker made redundant after taking sick leave when the Covid-19 pandemic …

Business • 19 Oct

The barrister for the complainant argued that there was 'no merit' to the selection of his client for redundancy

Developer ordered to pay €35,000 to vulnerable worker

A property developer has been ordered to pay €35,000 to a medically vulnerable construction worker made redundant after taking sick leave when the Covid-19 pandemic …

Business • 19 Oct

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