In October 2023 the Supreme Court has decided that the drivers in this case are employees. The Supreme Court has issued an important decision in the long running case involving Domino’s Pizza delivery drivers. This is a decision which will have significant impact in other cases which involve the issue of whether an employee is … 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
The recent Supreme Court decision in the ‘Nano Nagle’ is worth a closer look by both employers and employees who are concerned with what is expected by way of ‘reasonable accommodation’ for an employee with a disability. This obligation on an employer to provide ‘reasonable accommodation’ to an employee is set out in section 16 … Read more
Are you being bullied at work? No, I mean really being bullied. As in repeated inappropriate behaviour which undermines your dignity as an employee. Let me explain. If I got a euro for every time an employee came to me and told me he/she was being bullied in work I would be a wealthy man. … Read more