Prison service to pay €55k to official not allowed to work from home during pandemic
The Irish Prison Service (IPS) has been ordered to pay €55,000 to a senior official with a heart condition who was denied the right to work from home during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Wage claims by doctor against prison service rejected by WRC
‘No evidence’ to support contention by Dr Mohsin Moola he would be paid twice on-call rate
Red Cow Hotel to pay waiter €12,500 after general manager repeatedly called him ‘Chico’
Filipe Ongaro told the Workplace Relations Commission he was so upset by the repeated use of the term that he could not work his shift the following day
Pepsi worker devastated at being forced to retire at 65 gets €40,000 in age bias case
Pat Cassidy’s Siptu representative said the commission has ordered that the company and union enter discussions on the implementation of a code of practice on longer working.
Employer Successfully Defends Mandatory Retirement Age Policy
A mandatory retirement age (MRA) obliges an employee to retire at a particular age. An employer may provide for an MRA explicitly in the employee’s employment contract, or it may be implied into the employment relationship by policy or by custom and practice.
Labour Court awards €75,000 for failure to provide reasonable accommodation and discriminatory dismissal
The Labour Court has awarded €75,000 in for discriminatory dismissal after employer didn’t provide reasonable accommodation due to his disability and subsequently discriminatorily dismissed him.
UPS must pay former manager €75,000 over dismissal after 33-year career
The Irish arm of delivery giant UPS has been ordered to pay a former senior manager €75,000 for his discriminatory dismissal.
Court Increases Award For Sexual Harassment
This was an Appeal by the Complainant, a 19 year old female barista, against a Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) decision that she should be awarded €3,500 on foot of a sexual harassment claim that resulted in her feeling stressed and anxious, certified out sick and ultimately resigning her position.
€10,000 compensation recommended for woman dismissed for not returning to office due to effects of Covid enforced creche closure
A sports firm here dismissed a credit controller after she could not return to the workplace following a Covid-19 enforced closure of the creche that cared for her two children.