Labour Court declines to progress Athlone Institute worker’s bullying case

The Labour Court declined to progress a worker’s bullying and harassment case against Athlone Institute of Technology under the Industrial Relations Act 1969. Its recommendation was signed on 22 September 2015. The worker had also raised the same facts before the Equality Tribunal, whose decision was still awaited. The Labour Court said the Employment Equality Acts case took precedence and that there was no merit in progressing the Industrial Relations Acts case at that point.