Terry Gorry I attended CPD (continuous professional development) organised by Central Law Training yesterday and Marguerite Bolger SC gave an excellent hour-long presentation on dismissals in the employment law module I attended. Some nuggets which I took away are WRC or injunction? One of the most important decisions for the employment law solicitor when advising a client … Read more
Employees need to be clear that any claim that they wish to advance under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 will fail unless they can show that the penalisation or dismissal about which they complain occurred as a direct consequence of having made a protected disclosure. The employee is not protected by this Protected Disclosures Act … Read more
The Supreme Court has confirmed the Court of Appeal decision regarding the absence of a right of an employee to legal representation in a workplace disciplinary investigation and hearing. This case involves an Iarnród Eireann employee, Barry McKelvey, who faces a disciplinary hearing over allegations of misappropriation of property in the workplace. At the proposed … Read more
I have been involved in two discrimination cases which have been finalised in the last few weeks. The outcomes of the cases, coincidentally, are similar and have culminated in compensation for both employees. The first one involved a case of sexual harassment in the workplace and resulted in a compensation payment, tax free, of €30,000. … Read more
Is it enough for an employer to provide in the contract of employment a provision to the effect that the employee’s rate of pay has been calculated to include a premium for working on Sunday? Does the employer need to provide evidence of the amount or premium if there is a claim to the WRC … Read more