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'Everything I believed in came crashing down': senior SIPTU official claims she was 'union-bashed' by Liberty Hall
Summary
Ger Malone, a former chair of SIPTU's internal staff representative council, has taken the union to the Workplace Relations Commission under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, alleging she was penalised for making 17 protected disclosures. She claims 29 separate acts of penalisation, including letters from management criticising her work, and says the union has denied any wrongdoing. The union acknowledges that three of Malone's communications were protected but rejects the allegations. Malone's case was scheduled to open at Waterford Courthouse, but she requested an extension to consider events before the six‑month statutory limit, which the tribunal has postponed. The hearing was adjourned, with a new date set for late June to resume the proceedings. The dispute also involves the burden of proof and the union's readiness to respond to the earlier disclosures.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: 'Everything I believed in came crashing down': senior SIPTU official claims she was 'union-bashed' by Liberty Hall. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- November 2022 Hearing Or Sentence
- April 2022 Hearing Or Sentence
- June 26th Adjournment
- 2024-04-18 Publication
Why: Addressing the hearing, Ms Malone said the delay was because she was left "absolutely stunned" when she was voted out of her position as chair of the union's internal staff representative council (SRC) in April 2022. CNI source report
Places mentioned
- Waterford
- Waterford Courthouse
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