by Wendy Doyle Solicitor | Jul 29, 2020 | Labour Court, Workplace Relations Act 2015, Workplace Relations Commission, Workplace Relations Commission Decisions June 2020
The recent case of Ervia v Deaglan Healy PW/19/55 concerned an appeal by the employer (Ervia) against a Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) decision which found in favour of the employee concerning payment of a performance related award. The WRC awarded the employee... 
by Wendy Doyle Solicitor | Jun 16, 2020 | Disciplinary Hearing, Disciplinary Meetings, Employee, Employee Handbook, latest news, Unfair Dismissal, Workplace Investigations, Workplace Relations Act 2015, Workplace Relations Commission, Workplace Relations Commission Decisions May 2020
The May case of A Human Resources Practitioner v A Marketing Company ADJ00020660 is a very useful summary of the law around dismissal on the grounds of conduct. In this case the employee was dismissed on the grounds of misconduct after an investigation was conducted... 
by Wendy Doyle Solicitor | Jun 9, 2020 | Unfair Dismissal, Workplace Relations Act 2015, Workplace Relations Commission, Workplace Relations Commission Decisions May 2020
Time and time again we see employers make simply mistakes when dismissing an employee which end up costing them large compensation payments. The case of An Employee v An Employer ADJ00014328 is such a case. Here the employee succeeded in a claim for unfair dismissal... 
by Wendy Doyle Solicitor | Jun 1, 2020 | Consultation, Contracts of Employment, latest news, Redundancy, Unfair Dismissal, Workplace Relations Act 2015, Workplace Relations Commission Decisions April 2020
In the April case of a A Former Sales Manager v A Horse Products Sales Company an employee who was given insufficient time to consider an alternative role was awarded €56,000 for unfair dismissal. Whilst the employee received a letter in respect of her redundancy, it... 
by Wendy Doyle Solicitor | Apr 9, 2020 | Redundancy, Workplace Relations Act 2015, Workplace Relations Commission, Workplace Relations Commission Decisions March 2020
The recent decision of A Senior Developer v A Government Department is a very useful summary of the law on redundancy and centered around the employee’s claim for redundancy post liquidation of the company he worked for. The employee was involved in a dynamic... by Wendy Doyle Solicitor | Sep 23, 2019 | Contracts of Employment, latest news, Organisation of Working Time Act 1997, Workplace Relations Act 2015, Workplace Relations Commission
A recent case this month from the Workplace Relations Commission dealt with this issue. In this case a firefighter argued he was on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and that this should be considered “working time” for the purposes of the Organisation of...
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