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School cleaner fired after allegedly leaving bucket with bleach in hallway awarded €5k for unfair dismissal
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The cleaner outlined how on the day of her dismissal she was approached by the school’s principal who asked her to go to his office where he informed her about leaving a bucket of water with bleach in a hallway the previous Friday
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Day care centre ordered to pay €6,500 compensation after 'egregious conduct' in dismissal of employee
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A Workplace Relations Commission adjudication officer said the centre had acted “wholly unreasonably” and he considered ordering the centre to reinstate the employee to her previous role
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Woman sacked after saving manager's name as 'HR Covid C*nt' in phone loses unfair dismissal claim
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The matter came to the attention of her employer when Anita Swan included a screenshot of a text exchange with the HR manager in an email sent to the accounts and HR departments
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Property management company ordered to pay €40k to worker who was fired after revealing she was pregnant
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Tamara Vuletic claimed her employment was terminated one week after she told the company she was pregnant
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Famous Dublin pub ordered to pay €30,000 compensation to ex-employee fired because of his age
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John Mooney had worked as a barman in the Hairy Lemon for over 20 years before being made redundant and then rehired as a maintenance operative
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Man who told gym instructor he was 'sh*t at his job' loses discrimination claim
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Patrick Roche also informed a receptionist that "12pm is not the f**king morning" before his gym membership was cancelled due to his behaviour towards staff
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HSE officials altered legal document after finding worker was on wrong salary for two years
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The health authority has admitted that it made mistakes in relation to the pay grade of a catering officer who is pursuing a complaint before the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC)
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Gym firm ordered to pay amputee €8,000 compo over shower row
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Robert Flynn had the lower part of his left leg amputated five years ago and told the gym manager that he required a hose in the shower to wash his "bits and pieces"
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Employee awarded €25,000 compensation over “one of the worst cases of bullying" seen by WRC official
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Thomas Greaney alleged he was the subject of intimidation from a colleague even after an investigation had taken place
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OPW's €490,000 wall was to be built in three months but ended up taking three years
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Construction stalled for more than 12 months while builders waited for the ESB to deal with a live power cable at the site in Dublin, records show
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Tesco ordered to pay €40k to former assistant at Dublin store over discrimination on disability grounds
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The assistant claimed she was discriminatorily dismissed in October 2023 after requiring to go on sick leave in June 2020 when she developed a problem with her sight
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Pharmacy to pay €15,000 after failing to protect worker from campaign of sexual harassment
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The woman was told by management to lock the stockroom door when she was in there so her male colleague couldn't get her
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Dundalk FC ordered to pay over €60,000 compensation to club legend Brian Gartland for unfair dismissal
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Brian Gartland had contended that the Dundalk club statement announcing his departure created a lot of distress
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Bingo worker sacked after falling victim to €650 scam at work wins unfair dismissal claim
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The Workplace Relations Commission ordered the bingo operator to pay compensation of €1,200 to its former cashier after it fired her over failure to follow the company’s cash-handling procedures
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Night porter claims Temple Bar hotel discriminated against him over disability
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Jorge Joaquin Sanz Lopez told the Workplace Relations Commission that management assigned duties to him that they knew he was not able to perform in an act of 'revenge' following a contractual dispute
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Ukrainian truck driver who told boss to 'f**k off' taking case for unfair dismissal
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Ruslan Rybak got out of his lorry in the middle of a busy roundabout to verbally abuse a motorist who was collecting his daughter from school, the Workplace Relations Commission has heard
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Illegal worker claims she was sacked after refusing to collect boss from airport on day off
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Claudia Borjas alleges that she was owed five weeks' wages and that her former employer has also "just stopped paying" other illegal workers in the past
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€15k compensation for fireman refused contract extension after reaching mandatory retirement age
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The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that Carlow County Council had discriminated against retained firefighter, Jimmy Murphy, on grounds of age by refusing to consider extending his contract beyond the age of 60 years
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Popular pub forced to close after staff walk out over decision to sack bar manager
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Peter Banim, the owner of P. Frawley's pub in Lahinch, Co Clare, fired Richard Mattey following a verbal altercation over a bucket of ice, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has heard
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Nurse who suffered injury trying to move morbidly obese patient wins discrimination case
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Martina Collins was left with a disability after trying to move a morbidly obese patient in a bed at Mayo University Hospital in November 2021
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Eddie Rockets ordered to pay €5k to blind Irish Paralympian who was told she can only sit in certain part of restaurant with guide dog
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Nadine Lattimore told the WRC that she left the restaurant because she felt "upset and humiliated" and lodged a complaint with the company’s head office.
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Recruitment consultant awarded more than €136k after being fired after becoming pregnant
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The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that a Dublin-based recruitment firm discriminated against the consultant on grounds of gender related to her pregnancy
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Galway Bay FM presenter was not unfairly dismissed after angry exchanges with station's chief executive
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The Workplace Relations Commission has ruled that a claim by broadcaster, Neil Molloy, that he was unfairly dismissed as presenter of the Mollie in the Morning breakfast show on Galway Bay FM in September 2023 was "not well-founded"
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Dental nurse sacked for getting pregnant ended up in homeless accommodation
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Oliwia Pietruczuk was awarded €20,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission after her former employer was found to have victimised, harassed and discriminated against her after she became pregnant
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