Terry Gorry Here is the decision of the President of the Court of Appeal in the Enoch Burke appeal of two High Court decisions in the The Board of Management of Wilson’s Hospital School and Enoch Burke. Here is the decision of J. Whelan. Here is the decision of J. Edwards. Summary This case is not about … Read more
A bus driver was recently awarded the best part of €9,000 in an unfair dismissal claim against his former employer for gross misconduct. The employer, Blue Line Coaches Limited, trading as Nolan Coaches, claimed the driver used a racial slur in describing a Chinese person as “a fat Chinese c***”. But the WRC adjudicator, Kevin … Read more
In December 2022 some changes were introduced into employment law in Ireland thanks to the transposition of the European Directive 2019/1152 into Irish law. The European Union (Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions) Regulations 2022, statutory instrument 686/2022 is the relevant Irish SI which gives effect to the European directive. The changes brought about include changes … Read more
Scrolling through my Twitter feed this morning I came across two interesting cases. Performance review triggers psychiatric illness/disability The first involved an employee who brought a successful claim for harassment on the grounds of disability. She had been subject to an unhappy performance review and was awarded €8,000 for the claim of harassment under the … Read more
Why was he jailed in the first place? This was the question that was left under one of the videos on my YouTube channel. Here is what I told him. 1. An employer is entitled to suspend an employee on full pay to carry out an investigation into allegations of misconduct. That’s what Wilson’s Hospital … Read more