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The Oireachtas enterprise committee is considering a draft version of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022 which was published by Tánaiste Leo Varadkar in January. Photograph: iStock
Success of pandemic remote working should count if staff wish to operate from home, TD says

Successful periods of working from homes by employees during the pandemic should be taken into account when staff request the right to operate remotel(...)

‘The consultation process was lazy as well as wholly inadequate,’ said WRC adjudicator Breiffni O’Neill
‘Lazy’ Sodexo unfairly dismissed two night shift workers
  • Work
  • May 13, 2022, 13:13

Catering giant Sodexo carried out a “lazy” and “wholly inadequate” redundancy process in dismissing two night shift workers when its client sent staff(...)

A meeting with officers of the ICTU public services committee was organised after Minister for Public Expenditure Michael McGrath asked officials to engage with the group following the unions’ decision to trigger a review clause in the current pay agreement. Photograph: iStock
Exploratory talks on issue of public sector pay rises held

Unions met with senior officials from the Department of Public Expenditure on Wednesday for exploratory talks on public service pay rises. The meetin(...)

The WRC adjudicator noted that although he had evidence before him of a price increase of €72,000 plus VAT in the cost of building materials, the worker had submitted “no evidence of any commitment to commence building prior to [his] dismissal”. Photograph: iStock
Unfairly dismissed worker denied extra €72,000 compensation for building inflation costs
  • Work
  • May 11, 2022, 13:29

A worker who said he delayed applying for a mortgage after his employment was unfairly terminated has been denied an additional €72,000 in compensatio(...)

The company denies the claim and says Edward Timmins’s role was made redundant because the business was being made more “agile”.
Fine Gael councillor claims he was ‘railroaded out of job’ in ‘sham redundancy’

A Fine Gael councillor is claiming he was “railroaded” out of his job of 19 years as the finance director of a packaging firm in a “sham redundancy” m(...)

The conference heard that while a 2 per cent rise is due under the Building Momentum Pay Agreement this year, the first actual increase in 14 years, it jars with a record inflation rate of 6.7 per cent.
Pay talks between Government and public service unions will be difficult, says Minister

Forthcoming pay talks between Government and public service unions will be “difficult”, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath(...)

The firm’s sales director wrote that he had had to “reconsider” the question of a compulsory retirement age “given the developments and health pandemic over the last number of months”.
Man (70) receives €31,000 after boss imposed retirement to ‘protect’ him from Covid

A worker has been awarded over €31,000 in compensation for unfair dismissal after his employer imposed a mandatory retirement age to “protect him” fro(...)

The manager apologised to his former employer for sending out a junior worker for cigarettes and alcohol. Photograph: iStock
Cinema manager sacked after sleeping at desk, gets €1,600 at WRC

A cinema manager sacked after being found asleep at his desk and reportedly smelling of alcohol has been awarded €1,600 in compensation for unfair dis(...)

Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh is set to give evidence at a public hearing next month about what she says happened.
Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh to say she was sexually harassed at RTÉ, WRC told

Lawyers for broadcaster Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh say she was sexually harassed and victimised while working for RTÉ. The TV presenter is set to give ev(...)

An Independent Workers’ Union organiser representing the driver said their client was owed €600 for his last two weeks in work.
Boss who suggested dog ate employee’s pay packet successfully defends unfair dismissal claim

A school bus operator who suggested a driver’s dog might have eaten his pay packet after he put it through his letterbox has successfully defended a c(...)

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