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# WRC

Last month
May 2023
# WRC
SNA who resigned after alleged 'miscarriage' remark had 'little faith' in complaints process
The Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board has maintained it has always handled complaints by staff correctly.
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May 14th 2023, 7:01 AM
# Complaint
Solicitor Ammi Burke files complaint against judge who heard High Court case
Justice Marguerite Bolger granted an application by the WRC and Burke’s former employer to dismiss the case due to Burke’s conduct in court.
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May 9th 2023, 8:09 AM
Voices
Lawyer: 'The justifications for many redundancies in Ireland are getting thinner and thinner'
Lawyer and Labour rep Ciarán Ahern says justice delayed is justice denied at the Workplace Relations Commission.
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May 7th 2023, 7:30 AM
THE MORNING LEAD
Healthcare assistant 'asked to follow and watch' rival union members, WRC told
A report by
Eoghan Dalton
The former staff member has taken a constructive dismissal case against charity Cheshire Foundation Ireland.
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May 3rd 2023, 12:05 AM
This year
2023
# TCD
Sacking of TCD worker from €120k job after sexual assault case ‘not unfair’, says WRC
While the WRC adjudicator said there were flaws in the process that TCD utilised, he was ‘satisfied these flaws did not result in any actual unfairness to the complainant’.
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Mar 21st 2023, 1:09 PM
# agsi
Industrial action by mid-ranking gardaí 'absolutely' possible in dispute over new roster
Sergeants and inspectors demonstrated outside Garda Headquarters today to show their frustration at proposed new working arrangements.
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Mar 13th 2023, 1:25 PM
# Nuremore Hotel
Staff at Co Monaghan hotel vote to refer outstanding issues with employer to WRC
Last December, staff at the hotel staged a sit-in protest due to wages allegedly not being paid on time.
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Mar 3rd 2023, 5:35 PM
# compensation
Fuel station operator ordered to pay taxi driver €7.5k over alleged use of n-word by employee
The case was brought before the Workplace Relations Commission.
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Feb 28th 2023, 8:41 PM
Last year
2022
# Josepha Madigan
'Extremely disappointing': Minister criticises school for separating girl with Down Syndrome from class
The Minister of State for Special Education said that every school can access the resources necessary for inclusion
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Nov 10th 2022, 9:00 AM
# compensation
Primary school ordered to pay €12,000 to girl with Down Syndrome kept separate from classmates
The Workplace Relations Commission heard the girl had to spend most of her school day in a foyer outside the classroom.
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Nov 9th 2022, 5:40 PM
# Gardaí
Workplace watchdog orders GRA to appoint twice failed female candidate for senior role to position
Tara McManus has been a member of An Garda Síochána since February 2000.
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Oct 20th 2022, 1:07 PM
# WRC
Supermarket chain Iceland to pay €12,000 to Travellers over discrimination claim at Irish store
The group were told to leave the supermarket shortly after entering.
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Oct 12th 2022, 8:20 AM
# Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh
Blathnaid Ní Chofaigh withdraws sexual harassment claims against RTÉ
Ní Chofaigh said she was sexually harassed, victimised and isolated in RTÉ.
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Sep 8th 2022, 5:29 PM
# pay talks
Public sector unions to ballot members on proposed 6.5% pay increase
The talks at the Work Place Relations ended late last night.
The pay increases are to be phased in over two years.
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has said that individual unions will ballot their members on the proposed deal.
ICTU's Kevin Callinan said the negotiations with government were "particularly difficult".
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Aug 30th 2022, 5:10 PM
# pay talks
Public sector pay talks resume as 1% improvement in govt offer floated
Previous talks in June ended without an agreement between ICTU and the Government.
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Aug 29th 2022, 1:13 PM
# WRC
Tipperary Chamber of Commerce ordered to pay €20k for unfair dismissal of chief executive
The WRC said the decision to dismiss Shanahan was “not within the range of reasonable responses of a reasonable employer”.
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Aug 24th 2022, 12:20 PM
# WRC
Principal allegedly told SNA who suffered miscarriage it was 'for the best'
The case relates to a secondary school in Waterford.
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Aug 17th 2022, 8:00 PM
# mr price
Mr Price ordered to pay €20,000 for discriminating against worker sacked on maternity
Elena Balan told the WRC that she had been “frozen” in shock after learning that she had been fired.
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Jul 9th 2022, 2:00 PM
# WRC
Workplace Relations Commission recovered nearly €1 million in unpaid wages last year
The commission has published its annual report.
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Jul 1st 2022, 1:36 PM
# WRC
Sexual harassment case by Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh against RTÉ postponed until September
The Nationwide presenter is alleging she was sexually harassed, victimised and isolated at the national broadcaster.
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Jun 29th 2022, 1:03 PM
# Dispute
Man aged over 70 fails in age discrimination case over contact tracer role rejection
Rom Hyde claimed that CPL Healthcare Ltd discriminated against him.
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Jun 22nd 2022, 2:40 PM
# compensation
School ordered to pay €3,300 to 60-year-old teacher over 'energy' question during job interview
The teacher lost out in the job competition to an applicant who was 30 years younger.
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Jun 15th 2022, 7:13 PM
# facemasks
Customer fails in facemask discrimination case against €1 million lotto shop
When asked by the shop owner whether or not he would wear a mask in the shop, Paul Kinsella refused.
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Jun 15th 2022, 2:50 PM
# WRC
WRC awards ex-Lidl employee €17,500 for dismissal over discounted baked goods
On two occasions, the man purchased stale products from the shop’s bakery at a discounted price.
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Jun 14th 2022, 4:27 PM
# rising inflation
Public service pay talks are now officially underway
The talks will be facilitated by the Workplace Relations Commission from next week.
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Jun 9th 2022, 3:17 PM
# WRC
Lidl pays over €2.4k after dismissing store assistant for turning off power to freezer
The ex-employee was awarded €2,492, which is equal to six weeks’ salary.
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Jun 8th 2022, 2:02 PM
# discrimination claim
Gym cleared of discrimination against Special Olympian
It was found the complainant ‘failed to establish a prima facie case of discrimination’.
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Jun 6th 2022, 2:59 PM
# Court
Circuit court overturns WRC ruling that gave father €3k in school gender discrimination dispute
The judge ruled that the school’s actions could not be determined to be gender discrimination.
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May 31st 2022, 6:05 PM
# smell the coffee
Nespresso Arnott's franchise operator told to pay out after failing to give worker Sunday premium
The firm has been ordered to pay a coffee advisor €1,008.
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May 31st 2022, 2:40 PM
# WRC
Deaf activist loses discrimination case against RTÉ over All-Ireland final coverage
The man claimed RTÉ discriminated against him and the deaf community by failing to make its programming available to all.
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May 31st 2022, 1:46 PM
# Discrimination
Hotel ordered to pay €5,000 for discriminating against bride-to-be from Traveller Community
The woman did not receive a response until a complaint was made under the Equal Status Act.
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May 21st 2022, 3:19 PM
# Workplace
Store assistant harassed in workplace but employer not found liable, WRC rules
The employee was sexually harassed by a manager in the supermarket where she worked.
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May 5th 2022, 2:53 PM
# WRC
Couple ordered to pay 18-year-old Spanish au pair €9,100 over sexual harassment
The au pair said that the man’s actions left her “feeling unsafe, fearful, intimidated, degraded, humiliated and her dignity violated”.
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Mar 21st 2022, 7:23 PM
# WRC
Mushroom farm ordered to pay €15,000 to former worker for breaching minimum wage law
Ana Lacramioara Manciu alleged that Stablefield Ltd falsified her working hours to reflect a much shorter working day.
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Mar 10th 2022, 4:04 PM
# WRC
Dublin's Gresham Hotel ordered to pay out €500 to 'humiliated' man over Covid mask incident
The case was brought before the Workplace Relations Commission.
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Mar 8th 2022, 1:25 PM
# WRC
Cork hotel ordered to pay €22,000 to homeless Traveller family in discrimination case
The hotel has been ordered to pay out €38,000 to members of the Travelling community since the start of last month.
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Mar 2nd 2022, 3:42 PM
# WRC
Former Fine Gael party secretary to take claim over being forced to retire at 65
The party will face the Workplace Relations Commission on Thursday morning.
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Feb 28th 2022, 7:15 PM
# WRC
Firm to pay €40k to man dismissed for sending 'inappropriate' Family Guy message to colleague
The Workplace Relations Commission found that Regeneron unfairly dismissed Robert Libera for gross misconduct.
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Jan 23rd 2022, 2:55 PM
All time
# WRC
Sacristan unfairly dismissed after pandemic affected local Church finances
The Workplace Relations Commission upheld his claim.
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Nov 19th 2021, 5:19 PM
# compensation
Sport firm dismisses credit controller after Covid childcare issue in remote working row
The Workplace Relations Commission has recommended that the firm pay her €10,000 in compensation.
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Aug 13th 2021, 4:50 PM
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