Author: Terry Gorry
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New Procedures for WRC Hearings in 2022
The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) published new procedures on 22nd December 2021 setting out how employment and equality complaints and disputes will be dealt with in future. 1) a person can submit a complaint or dispute using the WRC complaint form. Filling out this form correctly and completely is vitally important, especially ensuring that the…
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Review of WRC cases, January-December 2020
The Workplace Relations Commission have published a review of 1,401 cases which reached adjudication stage from January to December 2020. Read the full review here. Some headline points which are worth noting include party representation breakdown of complaints awards made There was 1,401 cases involving 3,059 specific complaints. Most complaints were made under the Organisation…
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Creche manager refuses offer of alternative employment-wins redundancy payment case
The question of alternative employment where a position is being made redundant is one I frequently have to deal with, especially in the last 12 months or so with the economic fallout in some sectors from the Covid pandemic. The dispute tends to be straightforward. The employee’s job is being made redundant and would like…
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New Paid Sick Leave Law in the Pipeline
There is new legislation in the making which will provide for paid sick leave for all employees. The goal is to phase it in over the next four years leading to ten days’ sick leave by 2025. The right to paid sick leave will be enforceable, like other employment rights, through the Workplace Relations Commission…
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A belief or opinion of discrimination is not enough-employee fails to establish facts
The Labour Court heard this appeal from the Workplace Relations Commission where the employee had been awarded €2,000 for discrimination. The burden of proof set out in the Employment Equality Act 1998 sets the standard of proof for an employee claiming they have been discriminated against. Section 85A is the relevant provision: “85A. — (1)…