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Workplace Relations Commission

Case closed

Sacked nursing home care worker 'found asleep on the job' was not unfairly dismissed - WRC

15 Feb 2019

54.1k

compensation

Dental worker who discovered hidden camera pointed at her desk awarded €5,000

12 Feb 2019

49.5k

Civil Partnership

Print company ordered to pay gay man €2.5k over refusal to print civil partnership invites

8 Feb 2019

30.8k

Overturned

Man accused of 'stealing' from employer for taking sick leave over back injury awarded €10,000

3 Feb 2019

37.3k

rent dispute

Woman on rent supplement 'placed under severe financial pressure' in eviction row awarded €5k

22 Jan 2019

31.3k

bar manager

Pregnant woman who was dismissed after being asked if she had 'too much Supermac's' awarded €14,000

7 Jan 2019

50.3k

WRC

Security man fired after failing to bring lost flight attendant through US pre-clearance at Dublin Airport

1 Jan 2019

152k

work claim

Non-Irish national who said he was only one in the job not given paid holidays awarded €9.9k

29 Dec 2018

48.5k

compensation

Fast food worker awarded €2k after boss 'walked around shop with raw sausage hanging from trousers'

28 Dec 2018

41.8k

WRC

Addiction centre worker who kicked service user in 'self defence' loses unfair dismissal case

20 Dec 2018

17.4k

WRC

Woman awarded €2k in discrimination case after shop worker told her 'you are only a lesbian'

16 Dec 2018

43.7k

Public Services Card

PSC staff losing battle to stay on as department confirms contracts to be 'phased out' in 2019

9 Dec 2018

48.4k

Deli Dispute

Deli worker who told bosses they'd stocked 'cake infested with worms' loses WRC claim

2 Dec 2018

46.3k

Work

Hold-ups at Ireland's workplace watchdog are causing business headaches

22 Nov 2018

1.7k

WRC

University ordered to pay €35k after ruling finds lecturer (55) discriminated against due to age

21 Nov 2018

21.9k

Housing Assistance Payment

Tenant who took landlord to Workplace Relations Commission over refusal to accept HAP awarded €7k

9 Nov 2018

23.7k

WRC

Hotel worker who claimed manager told him that he had his 'head up his a**e' awarded €1,700

6 Nov 2018

30.5k

harassment case

Fast food worker claimed supervisor said she reminded him of Benburb Street and had an 'arse like the back of a truck'

4 Nov 2018

50.0k

intimidating content

Worker accused of complaining about UK bosses in 'strong nationalist undertones' fails in unfair dismissal case

3 Nov 2018

18.5k

WRC

Man who hit emergency stop button on machine, costing company €93,000, loses unfair dismissal case

31 Oct 2018

63.6k

Work

A bus driver sacked for sharing 'shock' pictures of a faulty wheel has won an unfair dismissal claim

25 Oct 2018

1.1k

immense pressure

Florist driver awarded €20,000 for dismissal after 'impossible' requests and hours

25 Oct 2018

33.5k

compensation

Sacked French woman awarded €10k for discrimination on the grounds of nationality

24 Oct 2018

22.6k

WRC

Gym worker who yawned and 'rolled on floor' in front of members awarded €1,420 for unfair dismissal

20 Oct 2018

56.7k

WRC

Woman loses WRC challenge as it's found golf club entitled to run gender-specific 'open' competitions

6 Oct 2018

29.0k

compensation

Boots pharmacy which questioned man about hydrogen peroxide 'discriminated on grounds of race'

26 Sep 2018

80.3k

workplace dispute

Ferry worker who lost 'sense of pride' after 40 years in industry awarded €80k in discrimination case

22 Sep 2018

58.2k

Unfair Dismissal

Worker who posted derogatory Facebook memes about 'bosses' awarded €7,700

21 Sep 2018

34.2k

WRC

Landlord who refused rent allowance payment from family ordered to pay €14,000

18 Sep 2018

60.9k

got paid

Company ordered to pay man €8,000 over his payslips never matching what he was actually paid

15 Sep 2018

76.4k

Fairy Tale

Woman, sacked for refusing to allow customer return Christmas lights, awarded €21,000

14 Sep 2018

92.2k

to be forgotten

Man awarded €3,000 for being unfairly sacked after Garda vetting showing he had an assault conviction

13 Sep 2018

45.3k

Workplace Relations Commission

Warehouse worker on €37k fired for drinking a €2 soft drink and putting it back

11 Sep 2018

66.0k

Cutthroat Business

Dublin restaurant told to pay manager €10k for firing him over fears he was setting up a rival eatery

9 Sep 2018

41.1k

Nursing

University lecturer who claimed she was denied full time role over marital status awarded €9.5k

8 Sep 2018

21.0k

Unfair Dismissal

Mechanic awarded €11.5k after being sacked for failing to turn up to work on time

6 Sep 2018

34.6k

Private Investigator

Luas driver sacked for moonlighting in his wife's taxi

3 Sep 2018

51.5k

Dispute

Woman bullied and accused of doing 'crap job of running' property company awarded €12,500

30 Aug 2018

24.9k

WRC

Ministerial driver sacked over expense claims has unfair dismissal case rejected by WRC

29 Aug 2018

29.6k

WRC

Coffee shop which discriminated against pregnant worker ordered to pay €15k damages

28 Aug 2018

25.6k

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