Results for "Workplace Relations Commission"

A workplace relations commission panel reviewed allegations of unfair dismissal by a former employer, with the company dismissing the claims as a complete fantasy.

The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that a long-serving employee at Dublin's Mater Hospital was wrongfully suspended over a patient complaint, noting the decision had clear racial undertones.

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) found that You’re Secure Solutions unfairly dismissed an IPAS security guard who had raised safety concerns, ruling that the company failed to prove misconduct.

An Irish firm has been ordered to pay €14,750 in compensation after the Workplace Relations Commission found it discriminated against a woman following her temporary stay in a refuge.

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has ordered a property firm to cease demanding financial information from tenants on Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) forms. The landlord was also ordered to pay €7,500 in compensation to a man who challenged the practice.

SIPTU members at St Joseph’s Centre, Ireland’s largest dementia facility, have agreed to attend a meeting with the Workplace Relations Commission, leading to the postponement of a planned 72-hour strike.

The former chief executive of Inland Fisheries Ireland testified to the Workplace Relations Commission that he contemplated suicide after being isolated by his employer and facing untrue allegations read into the Oireachtas record.

The trade union Fórsa has served notice of industrial action at Oberstown Children Detention Campus after talks at the Workplace Relations Commission concluded inconclusively. The dispute concerns ongoing issues at the facility.

A hearing at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) was told that an Aer Lingus pilot was not legally required to make a safety report in a specific incident.

The Workplace Relations Commission has ruled that the Avoca chain unfairly dismissed Giorgio Romano, its former head chef of 17 years, ordering the company to pay him €40,000.

An IT worker in Ireland secretly recorded his superiors after raising concerns about a supplier's Israeli links, a case that was heard by the Workplace Relations Commission.

An Irish shop worker has been awarded €40,000 in compensation after she was sacked following her testimony in a separate whistleblower penalization claim before the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).

Former Labour Court chair Kevin Foley takes on five-year term at head of State’s industrial relations agency

Man alleges gender-discrimination after all three advertised positions at WRC were filled by women

The Service and Industrial Trade Union has formally called on the Meath-based packaging manufacturer to engage with the Workplace Relations Commission to resolve ongoing disputes regarding employee layoffs.

Ireland's Labour Court has overturned a Workplace Relations Commission ruling that awarded unfair dismissal compensation to an employee following her maternity leave, after a security firm appealed the decision.

The Workplace Relations Commission found a property management company guilty of discrimination for refusing to complete a Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) application, which prevented a woman from receiving housing support.

A church volunteer in Ireland was unsuccessful in an employment complaint related to the sale of 'fake relics,' with the Workplace Relations Commission finding no evidence of employment due to gross weekly wages of '€0.00'.

Staff at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) have initiated legal proceedings against the Irish State for its failure to implement a promised pay award, which would include significant backdated lump sums.

A former Marks and Spencer employee, dismissed after his wife misused his staff discount, has been awarded €2,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission, which deemed his dismissal disproportionate.

A vice-principal at an Islamic school in Clonskeagh, who claimed he was forced to quit during a 'power struggle,' has been awarded €40,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).

Actors at a medieval banquet in a 15th-century castle fainted from heat due to a lack of air conditioning and heavy costumes, leading the Workplace Relations Commission to order strict temperature controls for the company running the events.

A Dublin cafe manager successfully won a Workplace Relations Commission case, arguing her new owner made her life uncomfortable with 'Sofía Vergara' remarks and excessive monitoring.

An inquiry is underway into a junior school evacuation caused by a hot meals oven fire. An employee taking a case at the Workplace Relations Commission claims the school did not want the incident to be known.

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has rejected a claim of penalization brought by a worker at Wilson's Hospital School, who alleged financial and governance irregularities at the institution embroiled in a separate high-profile legal dispute.

A man who assaulted an 18-year-old au pair has been sentenced to community service, pending approval from the Probation Service. The Workplace Relations Commission had previously ordered him to pay the au pair €9,000.

Kevin Foley, a former Chairman of the Labour Court, has been named the new Chairperson of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).

Planned strikes at the Oberstown facility have been temporarily halted pending the outcome of Workplace Relations Commission negotiations over ongoing staffing disputes.

The Irish Labour Court has ruled that councils are entitled to enforce firefighter retirement ages, overturning a Workplace Relations Commission decision that had awarded Paul Curran €15,000 for age discrimination.

An Irish woman won a discrimination case after being denied access to an apartment complex gym because she lived in a social housing block, with the Workplace Relations Commission directing the property consultants to pay €2,500 in compensation.

A volunteer who claimed he was dismissed for alerting church officials about 'rogue' relic traders has been ruled by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) to have no right to pursue his case.

The chief of Ireland's Workplace Relations Commission expressed 'sheer despair' in an email to the Office of Public Works, warning of further controversy over the repair of the 'crumbling' facade of Lansdowne House.

A PwC employee, found to be working remotely from India, claimed to be too sick to attend the Dublin office, a case that was heard by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).

Norman Mullen, a prison officer, won compensation after his bosses failed to appear at a Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) hearing, where he was challenging the loss of his no-nights roster arrangement after a brief move to a new position.

A salesman claimed he was considered 'damaged goods' in the job market following a no-fault dismissal, as heard by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).

A whistleblower has launched legal action against Tusla, Ireland's child and family agency, claiming that a previous agreement made with the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is void, pointing to a 'troubling pattern' with protected disclosures.

A video editor at the RTÉ newsroom in Ireland has lost a €360,000 employment rights claim. The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) ruled that she failed to provide sufficient evidence to establish her status as an employee during the relevant period.

The Workplace Relations Commission has rejected a manager's claim that she was punished or bullied for reporting 20 instances of financial and legal wrongdoing at Wilson’s Hospital School.

Francis O’Donnell, former chief of Inland Fisheries Ireland, told the Workplace Relations Commission that he reported to gardaí that he was 'being blackmailed' by a senator and that 'significant fraud had occurred' at the agency.

A business was ordered to pay €8,000 for discriminatory treatment after failing to convince the Workplace Relations Commission that its staff were unaware a young Traveller girl was accused of not paying for sweets.