Category: Unfair Dismissal
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False claim of racial slur and statements made after dismissal leads to €9,000 for unfair dismissal
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…
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Performance review triggers psychiatric illness; non-payment for pack of cigarettes leads to Tesco paying €23,363 for unfair dismissal
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…
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Why was Enoch Burke jailed in the first place?
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…
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The Enoch Burke dispute-a valuable reminder of some principles of employment law
Enoch Burke was dismissed yesterday from his employment as a secondary school teacher with Wilson’s Hospital School in Westmeath. Mr Burke can appeal this decision within ten days of the decision to terminate. The dispute has generated a great deal of publicity and media attention with frequent visits to the High Court. And those appearances…
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Employee’s appeal of final written warning leads to summary dismissal for gross misconduct
An unusual feature of the case involving Martin Browne and Egis Road & Tunnel Operations Limited is the fact that he was firstly issued with a final written warning arising from a “prank” but was dismissed summarily on appeal. Background Martin Browne was a Duty Manager in the Tunnel Control Room at the Dublin Port…