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'Reckless' delivery driver accused of wrecking two vans wins case for unfair dismissal
Workplace Relations Commission
Colleagues were afraid to travel with Thomas Kasak due to his "severe and reckless driving", the Workplace Relations Commission was told
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Cork Omniplex ordered to pay ex-manager €12k compensation in autism discrimination case
Workplace Relations Commission
Mr O’Riordan resigned from the company on June 7, 2024 after over two years in the job over allegations that it had failed to provide him with reasonable accommodation.
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Cavan restaurant ordered to pay compensation to worker who was fired after becoming pregnant
Workplace Relations Commission
The WRC also claimed that a "retro-fitting” by Ms Moore’s manager of a rationale for terminating her employment by suggesting she was a sexual predator was “at best, spurious and unworthy"
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Donegal hotel ordered to pay €5,000 to Traveller who was refused accommodation
Travellers
The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that Mulroy Woods Hotel had breached the Equal Status Act 2000 by refusing to allow Martin McDonagh stay in the hotel due to his membership of the Traveller community last year
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Heineken ordered to pay €30k compo to ex-employee accused of disseminating confidential documents
Workplace Relations Commission
Heineken’s HR director, Alfonso Auñón Garcia, told the WRC that it was the worst case of gross misconduct he had come across in his 20 years in the job
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Limerick nursing home must pay compo to worker sacked when it emerged she was HIV positive
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The Workplace Relations Commission made the ruling
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Engineer loses discrimination claim saying he should be paid more because he's a married man
Workplace Relations Commission
He claimed he had not received equal pay because of his gender, civil status, family status and age
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Former Iceland worker awarded €51,000 after laid off without notice when seven months pregnant
Workplace Relations Commission
In her findings, Ms Spelman found that the employer, instead of relocating Ms Smyth to another store as discussed, laid her off without notice, while she was seven months pregnant in February 2023
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Swanky Dublin restaurant popular with A-list celebs ordered to pay thousands of euro in compo to former chef
Irish News
The popular Italian-style seafood restaurant has counted a string of international celebrities including actors Jamie Foxx and Will Ferrell; singer, Nick Jonas; and rock star, Dave Grohl, lead singer of the Foo Fighters as diners in recent years
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Brazilian worker who 'cried all the way home' after dismissal over incorrect visa information awarded €25k
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The WRC heard that the employee had no doubt that her visa was going to be renewed as she had become engaged in December 2023 and had applied for a mortgage in Ireland. She was dismissed the following month
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Bin truck driver loses unfair dismissal case over failure to immediately notify employer his vehicle struck a pole
Workplace Relations Commission
The WRC heard that the bin truck driver hit a pole on the property of the Dean Hotel in Cork, which caused damage to both the truck and the pole, which was left leaning in a precarious position
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Migrant worker working '70-hour weeks' for less than minimum wage awarded €23,000
Workplace Relations Commission
Suman Bhurtel was awarded the sum after it was found he was working 70-hour weeks for less than minimum wage, among other breaches in employment rights
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Chadwicks ordered to pay €60k compo for dismissal of long-serving employee who had to use Zimmer frame
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The Chadwicks Group has been ordered to pay Marie O’Reilly €60,000 for her discriminatory dismissal on the grounds of disability in August 2022 following 37 years service with the company
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HSE ordered to pay €4,000 compo to nurse over failure to consider her for vacant permanent role
HSE
Paula Dowling told the WRC how she had worked as an agency nurse with the HSE between March 2021 and August 2022 on a full-time basis, but was told she would not be considered for this role as the HSE was not facilitating expressions of interest from agency staff
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Lidl to pay compo to blind Paralympian asked to move from bakery section because of guide dog
Lidl
Lidl has been ordered to pay €2,000
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Supermarket ordered to pay €6,000 to member of the Roma community for refusing him service
Workplace Relations Commission
The supermarket rejected the claim by the customer and maintained he was asked to leave the premises after being abusive to staff and calling them “racists”.
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Aldi ordered to pay €5,000 compensation to former worker who was sacked after sexual assault conviction
Aldi
The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that the company had unfairly dismissed Muhammad Kashif by "veering outside the band of reasonableness" in reaction to learning about the conviction through a newspaper report
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Head of Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster loses discrimination case against ex-Dublin Lord Mayor
Hazel Chu
The complaint was dismissed as 'not well founded'
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SouthDoc ordered to pay former receptionist over €15k for failure to apply fair procedures over dismissal
Workplace Relations Commission
The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that there was a repeated and serious failure by Southwest Doctors on Call to apply fair procedures in the manner in which it had dismissed the receptionist, Karen Doherty
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Supermarket to pay €30k to female employee for failure to address sexual harassment claims
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The complainant said she was threatened by her colleague that he would kill her and her family after she had made a formal complaint about him, but the supermarket had taken no action
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Hotel to pay compo to waiter who quit over row about not getting tips worth thousands
Workplace Relations Commission
The waiter said customers were generous with tips and that if he had been allowed to keep them he would have made more than he earned in his weekly wages
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Civil servant who claimed boss performed oral sex on reading glasses loses unfair dismissal case
Workplace Relations Commission
The former port worker also criticised management for how they handled the situation when she sent a Valentine's Day card and CD of love songs to a colleague with the inscription "You ride"
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Rehab worker with special needs who tried to steal money from colleagues awarded compo
Workplace Relations Commission
The woman, who has an intellectual disability, claimed the sanction of her dismissal was disproportionate
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Landlord who demonstrated 'blatant racism' towards Afghan tenant ordered to pay €10,000 compensation
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The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that the comment represented "blatant racism" by the landlord and constituted discrimination against his tenant on grounds of race
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