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 10, 2020 | Employee, Employee v Self Employed, latest news, Workplace Relations Commission, Workplace Relations Commission Decisions May 2020
The recent May decision of A Therapist v Health Service Provider ADJ00024495 highlights some of the tests that determine whether someone is an employee or self employed. The difference is very important as the complainant or person making the complaint needs to be an... 
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 8, 2020 | latest news, Litigation, Redundancy, Unfair Dismissal, Workplace Relations Commission Decisions May 2020
Both employers and employees should take note of the recent case of PM/Complainant v A Food Producer . Here it was found that the employee was unfairly dismissed due to a redundancy procedure being fundamentally flawed including being unfairly selected for redundancy.... by Wendy Doyle Solicitor | Jun 8, 2020 | Age Discrimination, latest news, retirement age, Workplace Relations Commission Decisions May 2020
Although we havent set out the detailed summary and analysis of the case of A Civil Servant v A Government Office ADJ00029165, it is a very useful summary of the law around discrimination on the grounds of age and retirement. The complainant in this case was a Higher... 
by Wendy Doyle Solicitor | Jun 8, 2020 | latest news, Redundancy, Workplace Relations Commission, Workplace Relations Commission Decisions May 2020
Unfortunately we are seeing an increase in redundancy related queries in the office and this is also evident in some of the recent cases published by the Workplace Relations Commission. In the recent May case of An Office Administrator v A Wholesaler ADJ00026271 the...
