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Worker at homeless hostel challenges sacking

A worker who accuses the Peter McVerry Trust of unfair dismissal was on a final written warning for absenteeism when bosses concluded she had "gone to bed over two hours early" during her overnight shift at a homeless hostel, the charity's solicitor has told a tribunal.

Business • 30 Sep

Political party staffer fails in redundancy payment bid

A political party employee has failed to secure statutory redundancy for 43 years' "long and distinguished" service after taking early retirement following the last general election.

Business • 24 Sep

Paintball marshall not fired over rights claim, wins €2k

A paintball marshall has failed in a claim that he was unfairly dismissed after complaining about being transferred to "bin cleaner" duties at a leisure park but has won €2,000, with a tribunal ruling his holiday pay arrangements unlawful.

Business • 22 Sep

Case of sacked Aer Lingus pilot now longest WRC hearing

The case of an Aer Lingus pilot sacked for a social media campaign on alleged "toxic fumes" on airliners has now become the longest-running employment rights case since public hearings began at the Workplace Relations Commission.

Business • 22 Sep

An Aer Lingus jet makes its final approach at a London airport under blue sky conditions

Pilot 'escorted out' of Aer Lingus HQ by gardaí

A sacked pilot has said he felt "like a criminal" when gardaí saw him out of Aer Lingus's headquarters after he vowed go on hunger strike, accusing the airline of failing to act on alleged fume leaks into the cabins of its jets.

Business • 16 Sep

Labour Court throws out RTÉ worker's €77,000 claim

The Labour Court has thrown out a €77,000 claim by an RTÉ worker for alleged unpaid entitlements concerning pension, annual leave, public holidays and privilege days over a seven-year period.

Business • 11 Sep

Macra project left 'floundering' by row, WRC told

A mental health programme for farmers was left "floundering" last year because of a "toxic" falling-out between a former president of Macra na Feirme and the staff member delivering it, a tribunal was told.

Business • 11 Sep

The Labour Court has found in favour of a complaint by a business man alleging whistleblower penalisation under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977

Ousted restaurant group boss wins €75,000 over sacking

A businessman ousted after objecting to the decisions of his new bosses after the Dublin restaurant group he established was rescued from examinership has won €75,000 for unfair dismissal after a five-year legal battle.

Business • 02 Sep

Bus Éireann worker awarded €40,000 for 'penalisation'

A Bus Éireann employee blocked from seeking medical retirement because he was taking a personal injuries case, claiming he was injured by decades of using power tools on the job, has been awarded €40,000 for penalisation.

Business • 28 Aug

Mater to pay €10,000 to worker who was wrongly accused

A healthcare assistant who said he was wrongly linked to a hospital patient's allegations about being "interfered with" by a worker without a "scintilla of evidence" has secured €10,000 for racial discrimination.

Business • 27 Aug

Mater to compensate employee for racial discrimination

One of the country's largest hospitals has been ordered to pay €10,000 compensation for racially discriminating against a Nigerian-born employee when suspending him primarily based on the colour of his skin.

Health • 27 Aug

IT manager says ex-worker not meant to have documents

Senior manager at IT firm says ex-employee not meant to have internal documents shown to tribunal A senior manager at a major Indian IT firm has denied his company "lied" to a client about the position a former Irish employee would hold on a project team.

Business • 27 Aug

Musician to challenge mandatory retirement age at RIAM

A leading classical musician is set to advance his equality complaint challenging a mandatory retirement age of 70 at the Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM).

Business • 06 Aug

Worker sacked over takeaway driver punch-up wins job back

A worker at a pharma firm sacked after getting into a fistfight with a takeaway driver in a row over a late order has won his job back, having spent 15 months out of work.

Business • 04 Aug

Employee holding a tablet for tip payment in cafe and customer touching it to pay tip

Witnesses in tips row unable to explain mystery machine

Staff waited nearly two years to get their split of over €5,000 in customer gratuities from a tap-to-tip machine installed at a Limerick City café in unexplained circumstances, a tribunal has heard.

Business • 29 Jul

Closeup of a child using a sewing machine with yellow material

Seamstress who said kids' fashion school unsafe wins €1k

A former tutor at a popular youth fashion academy who said the workplace was so "toxic" she was forced to quit has won €1,000 for constructive dismissal.

Business • 24 Jul

Ex-FSAI worker met with 'microaggressions' against Irish

A former State agency communications officer was questioned about his political affiliations on his first day on the job when a manager found out he was a native Irish speaker, a tribunal has heard.

Business • 24 Jul

The Workplace Relations Commission has directed a Tullamore pharmacy to pay the sum to a worker who lost her €100,000-a-year job there as supervising pharmacist last year

Pharmacist dismissed after disclosing pregnancy wins €50k

A pharmacist who said she was told to take a demotion or face dismissal within five weeks of disclosing her pregnancy at work has been awarded €50,000 compensation for discrimination.

Business • 21 Jul

Veteran HIV charity manager faces disciplinary action

A veteran manager at a HIV charity who claims she is being targeted for voicing concerns about the use of public money is facing disciplinary action after being accused of bullying and transphobia towards a colleague, a tribunal has heard.

Business • 20 Jul

The WRC has today dismissed a PwC employee's complaint against the company under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977

PwC staffer working remotely from India instead of Dublin

A financial services employee discovered to have been working remotely from India for weeks when he should have been based in his office in Dublin has lost a challenge to his dismissal.

Business • 09 Jul

Garda whistleblower Lois West settles case with State

A senior Garda analyst who said she was penalised at work for testifying to the Oireachtas on errors in official homicide data nine years ago, has settled her employment rights claims with the State.

Business • 07 Jul

Ousted Inland Fisheries boss denies 'pestering' HR boss

The former CEO of Inland Fisheries Ireland has denied "pestering" its former human resources director for assurances on his future tenure at the agency to the point he asked her to meet privately and sign a prepared letter in a hotel car park.

Business • 03 Jul

Ex-Inland Fisheries CEO 'isolated' after internal probe

The former CEO of a state agency has told a tribunal he contemplated suicide after his bosses allegedly pressured him to quit following "damaging" media leaks and political "interference" in an internal investigation.

Business • 02 Jul

Mature woman's hands carefully reviewing financial documents and turning pages at a desk, with a laptop and notebook nearby, symbolizing organization and professional work in an office setting

Veteran staff 'excluded' after merger with 'younger' firm

An accountancy firm has said a veteran bookkeeper it was meant to keep on when it bought out her employer of 45 years was "forgotten" in an "administrative error" during the takeover.

Business • 30 Jun

An Aer Lingus Airbus A320 at London Heathrow Airport

Aer Lingus manager felt 'cheated' on hearing pilot rumour

A senior Aer Lingus manager who ordered that one of the airline's captains be stripped of his rank and barred from working as an instructor says he felt "cheated" when he heard a rumour the pilot was delivering training for a rival carrier in Britain.

Business • 25 Jun