Twitter appeals WRC record payout ruling for unfair dismissal
Social media giant – now known as X – ordered to pay award of €550,131 to former executive Gary Rooney
Social media giant – now known as X – ordered to pay award of €550,131 to former executive Gary Rooney
Norma Burke says rule requiring PPI members to be ‘full-time’ press photographers earning 80% of their income from editorial work discriminates against women
Company moved to cut costs in October 2023, including changing elements of live shows
Dr Marita Warren accuses former employers of discriminating against her by reason of gender and family status, victimisation, and unfair dismissal
Support from trade unions inconsistent, researchers say, as Ictu publishes ‘inclusive workplace’ toolkit
Ellie Dunne (24) brought a complaint alleging failure to provide reasonable accommodation, the Workplace Relations Commission heard
Pickets are placed at six locations in dispute with contractors over travel time payments
WRC orders Browne's Steakhouse proprietor to pay sum to Gedeminas Urbasius
WRC also ordered a much delayed investigation of worker’s complaints be carried out Siptu restore her to a role of equal value to the one she previously held
Employee says he was threatened with sacking after complaining
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Workplace Relations Commission ruling notable for directly applying the Supreme Court judgment in Domino’s Pizza case
Landmark ruling is based on recent Supreme Court ruling changing the principles on assessing status of workers in the gig economy
Employer ran into ‘financial difficulties’ but some Irish colleagues continued to be paid
Hugh Rance said his own teaching hours were 63 per cent vacant, costing the State in the region of €50,000 a year
Employee wins €15,000 for constructive dismissal
Department of Enterprise and Employment and Department of Public Expenditure and Reform urged to re-engage in dispute over adjudicating officers
Jim Jennings to leave head of content role at end of month following mediated process with support of Workplace Relations Commission
Chief technical officer at DNA IT Solutions had €7,500 gross monthly salary before his diagnosis in 2021
WRC finds complainant had been ‘sidelined’ and her role diminished after alleging financial ‘profligacy’ by youth charity
Fiona Smyth took legal case after being dismissed with one week’s pay in lieu of notice in March 2023
Record WRC award after Twitter offered €22,834 severance to senior Irish Twitter staffer who was deemed by company to have resigned
Alina Karabko had no Dublin accommodation and needed to wake up at 3am for two-and-a-half hour drive to work, she told Workplace Relations Commission
Dispute highlighted inadequacy of current statutory redundancy ceiling, says trade union Connect
Workplace Relations Commission awards €10,000 to man who fled Afghanistan over fear of Taliban following comments made during tenancy dispute
Decision followed unfounded allegations against fitness coach of inappropriately touching complainant’s wife
The dispute centres on staffing levels across the country’s hospital and mental health services
Thousands of staff at voluntary organisations contracted by Government to be affected by negotiations which have repeatedly stalled
Academic says stress was heightened by Gaza conflict which brought ‘added level of care and censorship’ to work
Workers strung along with promises of work for months after handing in notice over non-payment of wages
Psychiatric Nurses Association will inform HSE it intends to start action on August 8th over recruitment issues
Concerns about staffing levels not addressed by HSE, says association
Doctor accused of ‘effectively ignoring’ employee when she told him she was able to return to the workplace after Covid
The complainant (19) told her line manager that the male employee had ‘come up against her or touched her, touched off her’ while she was folding scrubs
Workplace Relations Commission rules he was dismissed because of a back injury
Staffing shortages hit mental health service with some units facing vacancies of up to 30%. The Psychiatric Nurses’ Association is considering industrial action
Nico Holloway alleges company tried to ‘deport’ him back to his native South Africa after dismissing him
Fourth teacher takes move against Spiritan-run boy’s secondary school in the last two years
PluralSight employee had climbed up the ranks since joining company in 2019
Andrew Morris set out his complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission under the Unfair Dismissals Act
Receptionist says she got no response from doctor when he closed down family surgery, WRC told
Staff member says she was physically sick after ‘angry and very aggressive’ outburst
Manager immediately took Nadine Lattimore’s side after she complained, saying dog was ‘welcome’
Airline has accepted terms while union executive ponders proposal that also increases allowances and writes off 2019 deal ‘debt’
Breakthrough in balance as Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association considers terms of proposed deal
Secretary who wrote letter claimed term was used ‘affectionately’ and referred to complainant’s commitment to project
Sides await Labour Court ruling in pilots’ pay row as more flights disrupted
Former worker complained she was owed money for work as a showing agent
Airline and pilots due back at Labour Court
Pat the Baker employee claims to have been treated ‘like an animal’
David Moore claims he was ‘libelled’ before Workplace Relations Commission, branding accusations as ‘false’
Official at Wayside Celtic refused to accept two Traveller boys as members last year, Workplace Relations Commission told
Courtney Carey tells WRC she lost apartment after being sacked and has only been able to find lower-paid work since
Jennifer Clancy, a part-time Spanish teacher, has alleged she was penalised as a whistleblower for putting her name to a collective staff grievance about the management of the school
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