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A Complainant v A Media Company

Decision number:ADJ-00043525   Legal body: Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Summary Sentence:The Complainant faced discrimination based on family status in a promotion competition after maternity leave, despite a fair process. Comments from management, as well as assessment discrepancies, led to a €30,000 compensation award, underscoring the need for unbiased employment de...
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Discrimination Family Friendly Rights
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Shane Guilfoyle v Anglo Irish Refrigeration

Decision number:ADJ-00045471   Legal body: Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Summary Sentence:The Complainant succeeds in a case for unfair dismissal and unlawful wage deduction, receiving €4,000 in compensation after the company failed to follow fair procedures. Background:The Complainant, a regional engineer based in Cork, worked extensive hours on emergency breakdown ser...
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Discipline Pay Grievance and Dispute Resolution
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An Assistant Lecturer v An Institute of Technology [2024]

Decision number:ADJ-00050085   Legal body: Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Summary Sentence:A lecturer’s 12-month probationary period for a 24-month fixed-term contract was found to be disproportionate and was reduced to six months. Background: The Complainant is a lecturer with the Respondent institute of technology and was hired in September 2023 on a 24-month fixed-ter...
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Probation
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James Quinn v Quinn Motors (Castlecomer) Limited Quinn Motors [2024]

Decision number:ADJ-00041442   Legal body: Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Summary Sentence:The Complainant’s unpaid suspension during an investigation procedure was found to be an unlawful deduction of wages. Background:The Complainant was employed by the Respondent from 3 January 2005. On or about 1 February 2022 the Complainant engaged in a “verbal exchange” with the R...
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Discipline Pay
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A Complainant v A Media Company [2024]

Decision number:ADJ-00043525   Legal body: Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Summary Sentence: The Complainant’s unsuccessful application for a promotion after returning from maternity leave was found to meet a prima facie case of discrimination on the basis of family status. Background: The Complainant worked for the Respondent as a Planner for the Respondent for fifteen...
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Discrimination Family Friendly Rights
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Ion Lipsuic v Northway Personnel Ltd [2024]

Decision number:ADJ-00047137)   Legal body: Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Summary Sentence: The Complainant succeeded in proving the offers made to him by the Respondent of alternative employment following his role being made redundant were not suitable and therefore the Complainant was entitled to a redundancy payment. Background: The Complainantis a worker in the con...
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Redundancy
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Shane Leahy v Kilkenny County Council [2024]

Decision number:ADJ-00037752   Legal body: Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Summary Sentence: The Complainant’s rate of pay for annual leave was found to properly include regularly rostered overtime and allowances, and his rate of pay for public holidays was found to properly include allowances only. Background: The Complainant has worked for the Respondent since November ...
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Working Time
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Henryk Miszka v Tesco Ireland Limited [2024]

Decision number:ADJ-00047574   Legal body: Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Summary Sentence: The Respondent’s payment of €4,559, or 6.7 weeks’ pay, to the Complainant for annual leave the Complainant accrued during his sick leave was sufficient to meet the Respondent’s legal obligations to the Complainant. Background: The Complainant was hired by the Respondent in May 2...
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Absence and Sickness Working Time
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Nicole Doyle v Astronomy Ireland [2024]

Decision number:ADJ-00047367   Legal body: Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Summary Sentence: The Complainant was successful in showing that she had not received a proper written contract and was awarded four weeks’ wages worth over €2,000. Background: The Complainant worked for the Respondent organisation as an administrator from 18 July 2022 to 13 February 2023. During...
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Contracts of Employment
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Stephen Hanley v PBR Restaurants Limited t/a Fishshack Café [2024]

Decision number:ADJ-00028355   Legal body: Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Summary Sentence: The Complainant was found to have been unfairly dismissed by the Respondent by way of “sham” redundancy, and this, along with working time violations and a failure to provide a written contract, merited a direction for the Respondent to pay the Complainant €61,549. Background: T...
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Dismissal Redundancy Working Time