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 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, 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... 
by Wendy Doyle Solicitor | Jun 1, 2020 | Disability Discrimination, latest news, Workplace Relations Commission, Workplace Relations Commission Decisions April 2020
The recent case of A Shop Assistant v A Hardware and Tool Hire Store is very useful for summarising the law where an employee is absent on sick leave. The employee in this case made complaints in respect of bullying at work but was ultimately dismissed for failing to...
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