Author: Terry Gorry

  • The Essential Procedures for Pursuing Your Claim at the WRC (Workplace Relations Commission)

    Since the introduction of the Workplace Relations Act, 2015 a new system of adjudicating employment complaints and disputes was introduced. The new system is a simpler one and did away with the Rights Commissioner and Employment Appeals Tribunal service and was replaced by a WRC Adjudication in the Workplace Relations Commission. The Workplace Relations Commission…

  • Employees Getting Interim Relief Orders under the Protected Disclosures Act, 2014

      Let’s be honest. The Protected Disclosures Act 2014 struck fear into the hearts of employers when it first came into law. Five years’ salary as an award for an unfair dismissal? Interim relief orders in the Circuit Court preventing dismissals? Eye watering stuff. How has it panned out? Let’s take a look at the…

  • My Single Best Tip for Employers

    The first time I met Séamus he was a worried man. Séamus is a small employer, with just a handful of employees. But he had to let one of them go recently because he just wasn’t working out. His attitude was disastrous and Séamus could not see how their relationship could be a happy one.…

  • My Single Best Tip for Employees

      Are you an employee? Are you experiencing difficulties in work? Employees contact me every day with a wide range of problems. These can include issues to do with bullying, rest breaks, disputes about statutory leave entitlements, harassment, working extra hours and not getting paid, unfair reprimands, threats-implied or express-of dismissal, not being given a…

  • How Safe is Your Workplace Investigation From a Costly Outcome?

    It happens the best of us, you know. The botched workplace investigation Do you worry about the disciplinary procedures in your workplace? Have you been told about the eye watering, stomach churning awards when the inevitable unfair dismissal claim comes on for adjudication? Let’s be honest. A badly executed workplace investigation can prove to be…