The recent High Court decision in the case of Anna Buttimer and Oak Fuel Supermarket Limited Trading as Costcutter Rathcormac deals with the question of termination of employment during the probation period. In this case Anna Buttimer sought a High Court injunction preventing her employer from terminating her employment, stopping the employer from replacing her … Read more
A Higher Education Officer in the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has had his appeal to the High Court on ten points of law against the Labour Court dismissed. The background to the case is that the employee was the subject of a disciplinary procedure due to alleged misconduct in the workplace. The … Read more
Are you a teacher? A recent decision of the High Court may be of interest to you as it involved a teacher commencing High Court legal proceedings as a consequence of being asked to attend a disciplinary hearing. Background The allegation against the teacher concerned her conduct towards school staff including the school Principal. The … Read more
If you have ever been dissatisfied or critical of the Workplace Relations Commission in relation to an employment dispute and you have wondered whether you are able to canvas your complaints in the Civil courts a recent (June 2019) High Court decision clarifies the matter. In Maurice Power v HSE [2019] IEHC 462 Mr. Power … Read more
Are you an employer or employee involved in a disciplinary procedure in the workplace? If you are you need to be clear about the rules that should apply to such procedures, including at the investigatory stage and the ultimate disciplinary procedure where a sanction may be imposed. The High Court has recently handed down three … Read more