Workplace Relations Commission

Receptionist called a ‘lazy b***h’ by co-worker says apology wasn’t ‘genuine’

Employer says it made ‘strenuous efforts’ to resolve the formal grievance

Nearly €35,000 owed to staff left ‘in the lurch’ by Shanahan’s on the Green closure

Some senior waiters were making €1,000 a week or more while working full-time hours

Power struggle led to corporate watchdog’s garda roles not being filled

Chief executive claimed ‘unprecedented unwillingness to accept decisions’

Sacked Irish Rail worker who said he defied orders in bid to avert crane accident fails to win job back

Employee wins €12,000 at Workplace Relations Commission after colleague’s foot was injured in incident

Circle K manager’s alleged Garda threat saw homeless man pick up human faeces with bare hands, WRC told

Employee told to supervise cleaning of bathroom and ultimately to finish job

Manager who sent cleaner home over blue hair dye wins €10,000 at WRC

Supervisor found by her employer to have produced a ‘fraudulent’ training record prior to sacking

Charity finance manager who raised concerns over accounts awarded €35,000 for dismissal

Complainant had been employee for just over a month when probationary period was terminated

RTÉ HR manager denies newsroom worker had to ‘misrepresent himself to Revenue’ to get shifts with broadcaster

Employee tells WRC he was denied the statutory entitlements to paid leave and Sunday premium pay

TikTok staff didn’t know content moderation quiz would be factor in redundancies, WRC told

Over 1,900 workers worldwide who were put at risk of losing their jobs in early 2024 were tested on their knowledge of social media company’s content moderation policies

WRC will hear blind man’s discrimination claim against Re-Turn

Pat McCarthy alleges he is disadvantaged by the scheme because he cannot read the markings indicating if a drink container is included or not

Worker who said she was forced to quit Arranmore Island co-op over ‘cute hoorism’ remark loses claim

Community organisation operating on Co Donegal island wholly denied claim at WRC

Family ‘ghosted’ by dementia patient’s carer must pay €1,600 in unlawfully withheld wages

The elderly woman, who suffered from advanced dementia and required ‘pretty severe antipsychotics’, had been alone for 24 hours

Salesman ‘deceived by false promises’ over unpaid wages wins €27,000 at WRC

Employee joined video company on base salary of €75,000 and commission of up to €55,000 annually

Former TD Violet Anne Wynne tells court she has no income to pay ex-employee

Wynne, a former Independent TD for Clare, owes €6,500 to Fiona Smyth following WRC ruling

Supermarket cleared of discrimination in row over paying for groceries with 10c and 20c coins

Father accused store of breach of Equal Status Act 2000 by refusing service to children because they were from Travelling Community

NCAD could not ‘wipe slate clean’ after student with Down syndrome failed exam, WRC hears

Woman (25) has brought complaint alleging failure to provide reasonable accommodation

Coca-Cola ordered to pay €68,000 to marketing executive demoted on return from maternity leave

Employee had held role since 2018

Labour Court to hear Musk’s X appeal against WRC ruling

Labour Court sets aside three days for hearing

WRC cuts dismissal award to Penneys worker who called bosses ‘scrotes’ in WhatsApp group

Penneys worker was dismissed last year over certain remarks about a manager made in a informal work WhatsApp group

Baker who alleged he was subjected to racial slur in Polish wins €4,000

Workplace Relations Commission rejects other complaints by the French man

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