Terry Gorry Have you an employment issue that want to take further? Maybe you are considering pursuing the matter on the basis that you feel your employment right has been breached? And you are wondering where you need to or what your options are. Let’s take a look, shall we? WRC (Workplace Relations Commission) The vast majority … Read more
Are pizza delivery workers employees or self-employed? This is a question that the Irish High Court has addressed with a judgment in December 2019 in a case involving Domino’s Pizza delivery drivers. It is an issue that has previously been addressed in the UK courts in cases involving Uber and Deliveroo delivery drivers. But this … Read more
This school principal went to the High Court to seek an order quashing the decision by the Board of Management of a national school from terminating her employment as a school principal and teacher. The allegations against the school principal involved allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards two pupils, made against her by a special needs … Read more
Are you concerned about the use of cameras in the workplace? Hidden cameras? If you are a recent European Court of Human Rights decision will disappoint and dismay you. The case López Ribalda and others v Spain was an appeal from decision of the lower Chamber that the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights … Read more
The High Court case between Ryanair DAC and Peter Bellew is an important one because it gives us further guidance in the area of restrictive covenants in the contract of employment. A restrictive covenant is basically a covenant in a contract of employment preventing a departing employee from working for a competitor for a certain … Read more