Worker penalised for taking stand on maternity rights A medical secretary who quit after nearly a year left "in limbo" waiting on a return to work from maternity leave has secured €20,000 over … Business • 28 Nov
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
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
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
Agreement in equality claim by senior DCU manager Dublin City University has reached an "agreement" in a discrimination claim by a senior manager whose lawyers accused college authorities of "corporate gaslighting" about a … Business • 12 Oct
Shop workers let go 10 days before Christmas win €40k Four Co Waterford convenience store workers are to receive more than €40,000 after being denied their correct notice and redundancy payments when their workplaces shut … Business • 09 Oct
Pregnant teenager didn't cut it in car sales, WRC told A south Dublin car dealership has told the Workplace Relations Commission it dismissed a teenage saleswoman because she was not hitting sales targets of 20 … Business • 06 Oct
Landlord who refused HAP ordered to pay tenant €3k A landlord who "decided not to accept the HAP scheme" and evicted her tenant into homelessness has been ordered to pay him €3,000 in compensation. Business • 20 Sep
Big pay differentials between Prison Service directors The State has given "three different stories" to explain how one director of the Irish Prison Service has ended up earning €37,000 a year more … Business • 20 Sep
Sexually harassed postal operative to be paid €53,560 An Post has been ordered to pay a female postal operative €53,560 compensation after a State workplace watchdog found that the worker was sexually harassed … Business • 19 Sep
Cook told by boss that she was 'pregnant, not disabled' A line cook, suffering from severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy and who was allegedly told by her female boss that she was "pregnant and … Business • 12 Sep
Factory worker secures almost €38k for unfair dismissal A factory worker who was passed over for a permanent position with his employer a month before his last temporary contract ended has secured nearly … Business • 11 Sep
Man on unauthorised holiday in Portugal runs into boss A used car salesman went absent without leave for a sun holiday to Portugal only to run into a company director at a bar, the … Business • 08 Sep
Kitchen manager at 3FE claims redundancy not 'genuine' A former kitchen manager at coffee chain 3FE claims its management gave him just 80 minutes to decide whether he wanted to leave the company … Business • 05 Sep
Photographer fails in unfair dismissal challenge The Limerick Leader's former chief photographer has failed in an unfair dismissal challenge against the newspaper's publisher after a ruling that he had missed the … Business • 05 Sep
Barman unfairly sacked for 'drinking on the job' - WRC A barman who was sacked after pub customers accused him of drinking on the job while its owner was absent for cancer treatment has won … Business • 04 Sep
Shop manager wins €33,000 over sacking A discount store manager who was suspended and later sacked following a "joking" allegation that she was involved in vandalising a junior colleague's car has … Business • 01 Sep
Worker secures redundancy order against insolvent firm A solicitor at a south Dublin law firm which had its accounts frozen by the High Court earlier this year has secured an order for … Business • 31 Aug
Hotel ordered to pay €4K to Travellers turned away A Co Kerry hotel has been ordered to pay €500 each to a group of eight Traveller friends after turning them away on a Valentine's … Business • 30 Aug
Butcher fired for taking meat he paid for awarded €5k A butcher who claimed he was fired hours after he took home a piece of meat which he had already paid for has been awarded … Business • 28 Aug
Lidl Ireland told to pay €8k to mother of autistic boy German-owned discount retailer, Lidl Ireland has been ordered to pay €8,000 compensation to a mother of an autistic boy who was left distressed by repeated … Business • 25 Aug
Man given €22k after employer relationship became toxic A life coach who said his relationship with his employer became "toxic" and claimed he was "coerced" into signing a redundancy agreement has been awarded … Business • 24 Aug
Salon boss says sacked barber refused to sweep up A salon owner who sacked a barber because – among other matters – he claimed the worker "would not sweep up" as it was "a … Business • 09 Aug
Firm to pay waitress after withholding 3 days wages A waitress who has been waiting over a year to get paid for three days' work last summer has secured a wages order against a … Business • 02 Aug
Pregnant garda marked down in interview awarded €10k A garda who was marked down in an interview for a detective post three years ago when she was obviously pregnant has won €10,000 in … Business • 28 Jul
