WRC dismisses HSE occupational therapist’s workplace safety complaint

The Workplace Relations Commission found Olive Loughran’s complaint that the Health Service Executive penalised her over workplace safety concerns was not well founded. The decision was dated 12 September 2025. Loughran said the alleged penalisation included a disciplinary threat and a delay in providing supervision. The WRC found it had no jurisdiction to consider the threat allegation because it concerned events outside the time limit. It found the supervision delay was not a detriment, noting peer support meetings and that the evidence did not establish she alone lacked a supervisor.