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Mick Clifford: Inland Fisheries Ireland’s litany of issues is like ‘RTÉ without the celebrities’
S Mick Clifford: Inland Fisheries Ireland’s litany of issues is like ‘RTÉ without the celebrities’
From its fleet of uninsured vehicles to unanswered questions about the use of Aasleagh Lodge, we are a long way from resolving the bizarre anomalies within the body charged with protecting Ireland’s rivers and lakes

Mon, 13 May, 2024

Aviation industry support
Firm claims it can't pay redundancy due to EU sanctions on Russia
Workplace Relations Commission hears employees of Irish subsidiary of a Russian aircraft leasing firm were left 'high and dry'

Mon, 22 Apr, 2024

Group of healthy people practicing yoga
S Terry Prone: Standing on one leg has become a tedious part of my daily routine
Like everything to do with what we’ll laughingly call 'ageing well,' the flamingo test has rules

Mon, 08 Apr, 2024

Cork-based garda sergeant awarded €65,000 for discrimination after eye injury
Cork-based garda sergeant awarded €65,000 for discrimination after eye injury
Workplace Relations Commission found that An Garda Síochána failed to provide Sgt David Haughney with ‘reasonable accommodation’ for a disability under the Employment Equality Act

Thu, 02 Nov, 2023

Care crisis: 'Staff have had to bag pack for their own salaries or to pay the heating bill'
Care crisis: 'Staff have had to bag pack for their own salaries or to pay the heating bill'
Staff of voluntary and community groups are paid much less than HSE and Tusla workers — despite delivering the same care services for the State, writes Mick Clifford

Mon, 09 Oct, 2023

Pensive child looking through a window
Jigsaw provides missing pieces of youth mental health service
However, many young people are left waiting for up to 18 weeks to be seen due to a spike in demand since the pandemic

Mon, 07 Aug, 2023

Vote to reopen Ballincollig fire station full-time defeated
Vote to reopen Ballincollig fire station full-time defeated
Councillors hear Section 140 measure would cost €4.6m per year and necessitate increases in rents, rates, and parking fees 

Mon, 24 Jul, 2023

Kerry worker accused of racially abusing colleague awarded €10k after losing job
Kerry worker accused of racially abusing colleague awarded €10k after losing job
The WRC said there were fundamental breaches of fair procedures over the company’s failure to inform the employee of allegations against him at all times.

Sun, 16 Apr, 2023

Unions ratify new public-sector pay deal
Unions ratify new public-sector pay deal
All of the affiliated unions voted in favour of the proposals, but they will "continue to closely monitor living costs and income pressures",  warned Ictu president Kevin Callinan.

Fri, 07 Oct, 2022

Labour Court overturns €93k discrimination award ruled by WRC in 2018
Labour Court overturns €93k discrimination award ruled by WRC in 2018
The Labour Court has overturned a €93,498 discrimination award made to a deputy primary school principal.

Fri, 26 Aug, 2022

Waterford SNA who suffered miscarriage claims principal told her it was 'for the best'
Waterford SNA who suffered miscarriage claims principal told her it was 'for the best'
SNA tells continuing Workplace Relations Commission case that she suffered 'bullying and harassment' at St Paul's Community College in Waterford City

Wed, 17 Aug, 2022

Powerscourt Hotel tried to reduce pastry chef's pay after pandemic return 
Powerscourt Hotel tried to reduce pastry chef's pay after pandemic return 
The Workplace Relations Commission ruled the five-star exclsive resort in Co Wicklow unfairly tried to impose new contractual terms on its employee

Wed, 17 Aug, 2022

TUI latest teaching union to confirm plans for industrial action ballot over pay dispute
TUI latest teaching union to confirm plans for industrial action ballot over pay dispute
Teachers' unions are looking for a pay rise to deal with the rise in the cost of living

Thu, 11 Aug, 2022

Outreach worker at ex-offenders charity 'suspended' over protective disclosure, WRC told
Outreach worker at ex-offenders charity 'suspended' over protective disclosure, WRC told
Former garda has brought a claim for an alleged loss of earnings of €61,795 against Waterford charity

Tue, 19 Jul, 2022

Mr Price must pay €20k to employee it sacked while on maternity leave
Mr Price must pay €20k to employee it sacked while on maternity leave
WRC adjudication officer expressed surprise that no HR guidance was provided, given the scale of the firm trading as Mr Price

Sun, 10 Jul, 2022

Unions say talks will not resume unless Government makes 'improved' offer
Unions say talks will not resume unless Government makes 'improved' offer
Talks to re-negotiate puiblic-sector pay have stalled, with Ictu saying that workers are struggling to cope with rising costs.

Thu, 30 Jun, 2022

Brexit
SIPTU and Employer Group jointly urge government to take action on EWC reform
Ireland should be benefitting from multinationals moving their European Work Council (EWC) legal base from the UK to Ireland but deficient legislation is causing problems, an Oireachtas Committee has heard.

Wed, 22 Jun, 2022

Russian invasion of Ukraine
Unions: Pay proposals 'a signal that workers should bear brunt of rising costs' 
Public sector unions have claimed Government pay rise proposals would have "signalled to employers that workers should bear the brunt" of rising living costs, after talks between the parties broke down.

Fri, 17 Jun, 2022

Lidl manager sacked for buying baked goods at discount awarded €21k
Lidl manager sacked for buying baked goods at discount awarded €21k
Manager purchased €7.20 of baked goods at a knock-down 40 cent 25 minutes before close of business, Workplace Relations Commission heard

Tue, 14 Jun, 2022

Stock
Bride-to-be member of Traveller Community awarded €5,000 over hotel discrimination 
Workplace Relations Commission found that the complainant had been denied the opportunity to have her wedding at the hotel on the basis of her membership of the Traveller Community.

Sat, 21 May, 2022

Security guard sacked for falling asleep on duty blamed employer for causing 'jetlag'  
Security guard sacked for falling asleep on duty blamed employer for causing 'jetlag'  
Superior travelled to housing estate after failing to reach complainant by phone and found he had brought his own chair to work and was asleep on it

Fri, 20 May, 2022

Davy stockbrokers worker who was asked to resign after epilepsy diagnosis gets €20k
Davy stockbrokers worker who was asked to resign after epilepsy diagnosis gets €20k
Davy Stockbrokers denied discrimination and said its suggestion the employee resign arose from performance issues in her work that pre-dated her diagnosis with epilepsy

Thu, 24 Mar, 2022

Tipperary stable hand sacked for going to pub after death of colleague awarded almost €6k
Tipperary stable hand sacked for going to pub after death of colleague awarded almost €6k
Workplace Relations Commission ruled in favour of the former employee, Thomas Byrnes, in his claim against Thomastown Training Centre — the training yard run by the Stack family in Thomastown, Co Tipperary — in what was described as a 'poignant' case

Wed, 23 Mar, 2022

Spanish au pair awarded €9,100 over sexual harassment by host family's husband
Spanish au pair awarded €9,100 over sexual harassment by host family's husband
Workplace Relations Commission heard the husband had asked the au pair if she had any 'naughty pictures' on her phone, while his wife and young child were away on holiday and was also accused of touching her and rubbing the girl’s upper legs while she was sitting on a couch

Mon, 21 Mar, 2022

Waterford charity to wind down amid claims of inappropriate practices 
Waterford charity to wind down amid claims of inappropriate practices 
Staff at the U-Casadh Project that provides support services for criminal offenders and those at risk of offending and their families were informed of the decision in recent days

Sun, 13 Mar, 2022

Gresham Hotel
Gresham Hotel ordered to pay €500 to guest after refusing him entry over mask
The guest  told the WRC that he was exempt due to a serious medical condition but claimed the porter refused to look at his letter of exemption.

Thu, 10 Mar, 2022

Fine Gael to face age and gender discrimination complaint at Workplace Relations Commission
Fine Gael to face age and gender discrimination complaint at Workplace Relations Commission
Former secretary alleges she was forced to retire at 65 and Fine Gael refused her request for a longer working career

Mon, 28 Feb, 2022

Good Friday Service in Chicago
West Cork parish priest ordered to reinstate unfairly dismissed sacristan
The Workplace Relations Commission has ordered that Fr John McCarthy reinstate Michael Keohane to his former role of parish sacristan in the Cork parish of Rosscarbery

Fri, 19 Nov, 2021

WRC had 'no jurisdiction' to rule on naval service age discrimination complaint
WRC had 'no jurisdiction' to rule on naval service age discrimination complaint
The navy would not not accept Mr Irwin's application because the age limit for the role was 27 years

Wed, 08 Sep, 2021

School discriminated against Catholic girl on religious grounds, rules WRC
School discriminated against Catholic girl on religious grounds, rules WRC
Dublin community school, which had favoured the admission of Church of Ireland students from a local primary school, is told to admit the girl to second year in September

Wed, 23 Dec, 2020

Gardaí must pay €25k to men denied entry to force on age grounds
Gardaí must pay €25k to men denied entry to force on age grounds
Rulings took almost 15 years to secure after men's applications refused as they were over 35

Wed, 04 Nov, 2020

School secretaries to strike  over low pay and conditions
School secretaries to strike  over low pay and conditions
Three-one-day disputes planned, starting later this month, following by indefinite action in November

Wed, 07 Oct, 2020

Karen Walsh: Employment and equality legislation prohibits discrimination against an employee because they are pregnant
Karen Walsh: Employment and equality legislation prohibits discrimination against an employee because they are pregnant
There was a recent case before the WRC (Workplace Relations Commission), where a pastry chef in Co Kerry, who was dismissed when she became pregnant, was awarded €33,600 from her former employees.

Mon, 15 Jun, 2020

Free Legal Advice Centres claim some employees have been told to resign if they can't sort childcare issues
Free Legal Advice Centres claim some employees have been told to resign if they can't sort childcare issues
Eilis Barry told RTÉ radio’s News at One that during the pandemic the number of enquiries to FLAC in relation to employment have doubled.

Mon, 08 Jun, 2020

Focus Ireland ordered to pay €22,000 to 68-year-old 'humiliated' mediator for unlawfully retiring him
Focus Ireland ordered to pay €22,000 to 68-year-old 'humiliated' mediator for unlawfully retiring him
Adjudication Officer, Kevin Baneham found that Focus Ireland discriminated against Joseph McGrath because of his age.

Tue, 02 Jun, 2020

€33,000 ruling for pastry chef dismissed due to pregnancy
€33,000 ruling for pastry chef dismissed due to pregnancy
A Kerry patisserie has been ordered to pay a former pastry chef €33,600 after ruling she was dismissed from her job as a result of her pregnancy.

Mon, 01 Jun, 2020

Early school-leavers' programme director wins unfair dismissal case
Early school-leavers' programme director wins unfair dismissal case
A boss of an early school leavers programme who is alleged to have facilitated overpayments of €50,000 to €60,000 to his wife and to have removed a fridge from the premises to sell online has been awarded €2,422 for his unfair dismissal.

Tue, 26 May, 2020

Officers and inspectors drafted to ensure workplace compliance with new Covid-19 guidelines
Officers and inspectors drafted to ensure workplace compliance with new Covid-19 guidelines
Environmental health officers and inspectors from the Department of Agriculture and the Workplace Relations Commission will be drafted in to ensure workplace compliance with new guidelines.

Tue, 19 May, 2020

Manager who broke colleagues jaw at work party awarded €6k for unfair dismissal
Manager who broke colleagues jaw at work party awarded €6k for unfair dismissal
A betting shop manager who broke a work colleague’s jaw during a fight at a late night work ‘leaving do’ has been awarded €6,000 for his unfair dismissal.

Fri, 01 May, 2020

'Noticeable fall' in discrimination complaints to WRC
'Noticeable fall' in discrimination complaints to WRC
Overall, the number of complaints received by the WRC under the Equal Status Act reduced by 25% from 868 to 648.

Mon, 27 Apr, 2020

Businessman ordered to pay ex-wife €9.5k after unfair dismissal from family business
Businessman ordered to pay ex-wife €9.5k after unfair dismissal from family business
A publican, retailer and post office operator has been ordered to pay his ex-wife €9,500 for her unfair dismissal from the family-run business.

Mon, 06 Apr, 2020

Housing charity fears spike in homelessness following Covid-19 emergency
Housing charity fears spike in homelessness following Covid-19 emergency
Housing charity Threshold says its number of calls trebled in the last three weeks of March.

Mon, 06 Apr, 2020

Business Movers
Business Movers
A selection of people starting new roles with Elkstone, Irish Wind Energy Association, the Workplace Relations Commission, the Irish Association of Pension Funds, the United Nations and Shannon Group.

Thu, 02 Apr, 2020

Kildare security worker sacked for racist abuse of colleague
Kildare security worker sacked for racist abuse of colleague

A Co Kildare security company sacked a worker who allegedly told an Asian colleague “you support terrorism back home and are in contact with Al Qaeda”.

Fri, 20 Mar, 2020

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