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Retail chain ordered to pay €13,000 to former supervisor fired because he was a Traveller
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The complainant said that he turned a blind eye when, in the first days of his job, an area manager told him to leave wooden pallets to the side because “the knackers go mad for them”
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Yacht dealer ordered to pay €66,500 to Irish salesman dismissed for incapacity despite "fit to work" assessment
Cork
Alan Barton, 68, was judged to have been discriminatorily dismissed shortly after he settled a High Court personal injuries action against his employer
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Dublin hotel ordered to pay €26k to maintenance worker over 'ruthless and dishonest' sham redundancy
Workplace Relations Commission
The complainant’s solicitor, Gavan Mackay, said the hotel had advertised jobs a number of weeks after Mr Finnegan had been made redundant which he could have been offered
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Irish Prison Service ordered to rehire officer who was fired after going AWOL to fight in Ukraine
Irish Prison Service
The direction was made by the Workplace Relations Commission after it ruled that the IPS had unfairly dismissed prison officer, Brian Meagher, who sustained a life-threatening injury while fighting in Ukraine
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Indian security guard who punched shoplifter who called him 'Paki paedo b**tard' loses case for discrimination
Workplace Relations Commission
Syed Baqur Hussein alleged discrimination on the basis that of three security staff involved in the incident, two of Asian descent were sanctioned, while a white European faced no disciplinary action
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Irish Britain's Got Talent star awarded €12k for unfair dismissal by Cork circus company
Workplace Relations Commission
A witness told the WRC that Mr Mohally was "painted as dangerous" following the alleged incident that gave rise to the most recent complaint, and there was widespread gossip within the company
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Primary school ordered to pay €85k to teacher after 'at home with baby' comment during job interview
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Ms Williams told the WRC that she felt it was unprofessional to discuss her maternity leave in front of the interview panel and that the comment seemed to be a hint at her not receiving the position
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Bogus self-employed RTE worker loses claim for six years of retrospective and holiday pay over misclassification
RTE
RTÉ was accused of engaging in “sharp practice” and attempting to “run down the clock” on a commitment to compensate those who had lost money as a result of bogus self-employment
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Company 'number 2' sent sexually explicit messages from colleagues' phones - but he gets five-figure compo
Workplace Relations Commission
The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that the procedures used to dismiss the operation’s manager were flawed and unfair “from beginning to end"
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Airport security worker demoted for kissing colleague at X-ray machine set to get old job back
Workplace Relations Commission
The incidents occurred on September 3 and 4, 2023 and involved the worker kissing a female colleague during active operational duties – once when she was operating an X-ray machine and the other in a premium services area
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Customer loses discrimination claim over Aldi checkout belt allegation
Workplace Relations Commission
The customer had claimed Aldi discriminated against her on grounds of her disability as she had been unable to lift water bottles out of her trolley at the checkout as she had recently undergone spinal surgery
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Tesco ordered to rehire former worker who was fired for calling his manager 'useless'
Tesco
The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that the employee had been unfairly dismissed by Tesco Ireland Limited after it sacked him for gross misconduct
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Elon Musk's X takeover caused 'uncertainty and fear' as appeal heard over €550k payout to Irish ex-employee
Elon Musk
An e-mail entitled “A Fork in the Road” was sent to all employees of Twitter (now X) by Elon Musk in November 2022
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Education worker who was falsely branded 'incontinent' takes case for discrimination
Workplace Relations Commission
Martin Kelly alleges that Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board (MSLETB) told "outrageous untruths" to justify placing him on administrative leave after he agitated for his entitlements
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Medical centre ordered to pay €10k to patient who was removed from medical card list after complaint
Workplace Relations Commission
Asked about the impact on being removed as a patient, Ms Mangan replied: "It is awful. I don’t trust doctors anymore"
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Teacher sacked on grounds of professional incompetence loses unfair dismissal claim after near three-year process
Workplace Relations Commission
It was alleged that the teacher failed to control her classes, including on one occasion where pupils chanted 'fight, fight, fight' in the classroom
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Employee at Irish TikTok office replaced by AI loses claim for unfair dismissal
TikTok
The former employee was made redundant during a restructure that involved increasing the use of AI for moderation work at TikTok
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Bohemians apologise to former player and coach after €26,000 Workplace Relations Commission ruling
League of Ireland
Dave Henderson played for Bohemians, and went on to work in coaching and scouting capacities at the League of Ireland club.
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Circle K employee claims he was told 'Come on, be a man' and forced to supervise man cleaning up own faeces
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The employee claimed he was made supervise a homeless man while he cleaned his own faeces, despite his discomfort and nausea from the smell
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Drinks company ordered to pay five figure sum to female manager who was demoted
Workplace Relations Commission
The complainant gave evidence that she was due to return to work on January 22, 2024 after a period of around 13 months on maternity leave
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Three days set aside for X appeal against record €550k unfair dismissal award to Irish worker
Workplace Relations Commission
The WRC previously found that found that Gary Rooney was dismissed because he did not click “yes” to Elon Musk’s ‘Fork in the Road’ email on November 16, 2022
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Bookmaker slammed for 'deplorable' treatment of sacked worker and 'most casual indifference' to case
Workplace Relations Commission
WRC adjudication officer, Pat Brady, said the hearing of the case was “somewhat extraordinary”, largely due to the attitude of the company
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Energy company ordered to pay €12k to ex-employee not allowed return to role held before maternity leave
Workplace Relations Commission
Eurotech Renewables maintained that the complainant had been temporarily laid off due to various economic reasons that had nothing to do with her maternity leave
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Restaurant employee awarded €17k after being made redundant during pregnancy
Workplace Relations Commission
The Workplace Relations Commission found that it had breached the Employment Equality acts 1998-2015 in its handling of the dismissal
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