WRC and Labour Court decisions, January 2018

All 100 WRC and Labour Court decisions dated January 2018, newest first, with the outcome, any award and a link to the original decision.

2018-01-31
WRC grants hotel employee redundancy entitlement for five years’ service
ADJ-00010386
Redundancy
Original decision
2018-01-31
WRC recommends compromise on child project worker’s hours
ADJ-00010059
Industrial relations disputes
Original decision
2018-01-31
WRC awards security officer €1,000 over missed rest periods
ADJ-00009873
Working hours, holidays and breaks
Original decision
2018-01-31
WRC rejects transport company worker’s redundancy complaint
ADJ-00009863
Redundancy
Original decision
2018-01-31
WRC declines jurisdiction over three previously adjudicated complaints
ADJ-00008463
Redundancy Unfair dismissal Unpaid wages and pay
Original decision
2018-01-31
WRC declines jurisdiction over three complaints already decided
ADJ-00008145
Redundancy Unfair dismissal Unpaid wages and pay
Original decision
2018-01-31
WRC declines to hear Marie Butler’s three complaints against Bannagher Oil
ADJ-00008143
Redundancy Unfair dismissal Unpaid wages and pay
Original decision
2018-01-31
WRC declines to rehear worker’s three employment complaints
ADJ-00007971
Redundancy Unfair dismissal Unpaid wages and pay
Original decision
2018-01-31
WRC recommends one-year limit for production operator’s final warning
ADJ-00007320
Industrial relations disputes
Original decision
2018-01-31
WRC awards lorry driver €20,000 for unfair dismissal
ADJ-00006040
Unfair dismissal Contracts and notice · Cork
Original decision
2018-01-30
Labour Court upholds fair dismissal finding against Boots worker
UDD187
Unfair dismissal · Meath
Original decision
2018-01-30
Labour Court allows Ta Hotels Ltd Lynams Hotel appeal to proceed
DWT184
Working hours, holidays and breaks
Original decision
2018-01-30
Labour Court allows Ta Hotels Ltd Lynams Hotel appeal to proceed
DWT183
Working hours, holidays and breaks
Original decision
2018-01-30
WRC recommends renewed discussions over administrator’s six complaints
ADJ-00010126
Industrial relations disputes
Original decision
2018-01-30
WRC recommends production supervisor accept severance terms
ADJ-00009749
Industrial relations disputes
Original decision
2018-01-30
WRC awards fast food outlet manager €16,000 for unfair dismissal
ADJ-00008419
Unfair dismissal
Original decision
2018-01-30
WRC dismisses technician’s wage complaint after hearing absence
ADJ-00007411
Unpaid wages and pay
Original decision
2018-01-30
WRC awards driver €250 over unlawful wage deduction
ADJ-00006729
Unpaid wages and pay
Original decision
2018-01-30
WRC dismisses Equal Status complaint after complainant misses two hearings
ADJ-00006240
Discrimination and equality
Original decision
2018-01-30
WRC awards shop worker €1,200 in notice pay and statutory redundancy entitlement
ADJ-00006006
Working hours, holidays and breaks Contracts and notice Redundancy
Original decision
2018-01-29
Labour Court upholds Robert Nagle’s salary claim and awards €1,832.40 for overtime
PWD182
Unpaid wages and pay
Original decision
2018-01-29
Labour Court recommends restoring sick-pay terms for later recruits
LCR21647
Industrial relations disputes
Original decision
2018-01-29
Labour Court dismisses Tesco worker’s age discrimination appeal
EDA1812
Discrimination and equality
Original decision
2018-01-29
Labour Court dismisses Arturas Glemza’s appeal against Noel Recruitment
AWD182
Agency workers and employment permits
Original decision
2018-01-29
Tour driver’s working-hours and contract complaints fail at WRC
ADJ-00009356
Working hours, holidays and breaks Contracts and notice Industrial relations disputes
Original decision
2018-01-29
WRC finds order packer was not unfairly dismissed after lengthy absence
ADJ-00007463
Unfair dismissal
Original decision
2018-01-26
An post did not discriminate over disciplinary hearing location, WRC finds
DEC-E2018-005
Discrimination and equality · Galway
Original decision
2018-01-26
WRC awards machine operator €1,218.88 over withheld sick pay
ADJ-00009136
Unpaid wages and pay Industrial relations disputes
Original decision
2018-01-26
WRC awards security officer €9,500 for unfair dismissal
ADJ-00007065
Unfair dismissal
Original decision
2018-01-25
WRC awards chef €7,500 after finding unfair dismissal during maternity leave
ADJ-00010163
Unfair dismissal
Original decision
2018-01-25
WRC directs security company to pay officer €232.05 in unpaid wages
ADJ-00010110
Unpaid wages and pay
Original decision
2018-01-25
WRC awards general assistant €500 over missed breaks
ADJ-00009966
Working hours, holidays and breaks Contracts and notice Industrial relations disputes
Original decision
2018-01-25
WRC awards worker €72.50 for unpaid class 1 driving rate
ADJ-00009652
Unpaid wages and pay
Original decision
2018-01-25
WRC awards healthcare assistant €100 over late written terms
ADJ-00009106
Contracts and notice Unpaid wages and pay
Original decision
2018-01-25
WRC rejects truck driver’s notice and redundancy claims
ADJ-00007908
Redundancy
Original decision
2018-01-25
WRC dismisses employee’s religious discrimination complaint after hearing absence
ADJ-00007894
Original decision
2018-01-25
WRC dismisses warehouse operative’s constructive dismissal complaint
ADJ-00007685
Unfair dismissal
Original decision
2018-01-25
WRC awards chef €7,500 after unfair dismissal during maternity leave
ADJ-00007586
Unfair dismissal Working hours, holidays and breaks
Original decision
2018-01-25
WRC complaint fails after complainant misses hearing
ADJ-00006880
Discrimination and equality
Original decision
2018-01-25
WRC dismisses employee’s benchmarking complaint as out of time
ADJ-00005479
Fixed-term and part-time workers
Original decision
2018-01-24
Labour Court rejects Seamus Counihan’s disability discrimination appeal
EDA1810
Discrimination and equality
Original decision
2018-01-24
WRC dismisses teacher’s age discrimination complaint
ADJ-00008274
Discrimination and equality
Original decision
2018-01-24
WRC awards shop assistant €3,500 after unfair dismissal finding
ADJ-00008244
Unfair dismissal
Original decision
2018-01-24
WRC recommends reducing operator’s final written warning to six months
ADJ-00008198
Industrial relations disputes
Original decision
2018-01-24
WRC awards worker €7,500 for unfair dismissal
ADJ-00007413
Working hours, holidays and breaks Redundancy Unfair dismissal
Original decision
2018-01-23
Labour Court upholds €510 award to au pair after employers’ appeal
PWD181
Unpaid wages and pay
Original decision
2018-01-23
Labour Court raises au pair’s minimum-wage award to €4,947.05
MWD181
Unpaid wages and pay
Original decision
2018-01-23
Labour Court recommends compensation for Dublin City Council worker’s lost allowance
LCR21646
Industrial relations disputes · Dublin
Original decision
2018-01-23
Labour Court rejects union claim over casein workers’ transfers
LCR21645
Industrial relations disputes
Original decision
2018-01-23
Labour Court recommends two 2% pay rises after union’s 10% claim
LCR21644
Industrial relations disputes
Original decision
2018-01-23
WRC dismisses cleaner’s complaint after she declines workplace procedures
ADJ-00014098
Industrial relations disputes
Original decision
2018-01-23
WRC awards former commercial director €5,466 in unpaid salary and expenses
ADJ-00009420
Unpaid wages and pay
Original decision
2018-01-23
WRC dismisses shop manager’s annual leave complaint after he misses hearing
ADJ-00008831
Working hours, holidays and breaks
Original decision
2018-01-23
WRC rejects seamstress's complaint against alterations company after business transfer
ADJ-00008684
Transfer of undertakings (TUPE)
Original decision
2018-01-23
WRC rejects care worker's six complaints, including protected disclosure and unfair dismissal claims
ADJ-00008398
Whistleblowing (protected disclosures) Unfair dismissal Working hours, holidays and breaks
Original decision
2018-01-23
WRC finds against chef after he misses unfair-dismissal hearing
ADJ-00007780
Unfair dismissal
Original decision
2018-01-19
Labour Court affirms rejection of Anna Gajewska’s unfair dismissal appeal
UDD183
Unfair dismissal
Original decision
2018-01-19
WRC awards accounts administrator €5,000 after finding redundancy dismissal procedurally unfair
ADJ-00007996
Unfair dismissal
Original decision
2018-01-19
WRC awards social care leader €5,000 after unfair dismissal finding
ADJ-00007420
Unfair dismissal
Original decision
2018-01-19
WRC rejects ten Drivers’ complaints over finishing-time notice
ADJ-00000675
Working hours, holidays and breaks
Original decision
2018-01-18
Car valeter awarded €2,307 for leave accrued during sick leave
ADJ-00009834
Working hours, holidays and breaks
Original decision
2018-01-18
WRC rejects supervisor’s wage complaint as out of time
ADJ-00009833
Unpaid wages and pay
Original decision
2018-01-18
WRC rejects teacher’s €180.94 wage-deduction complaint
ADJ-00008365
Unpaid wages and pay
Original decision
2018-01-18
WRC dismisses worker’s redundancy and working-hours complaints
ADJ-00007600
Redundancy
Original decision
2018-01-17
WRC declines to hear EMT’s request to change annual-leave agreement
ADJ-00010294
Industrial relations disputes
Original decision
2018-01-17
WRC dismisses employee’s wages complaint after she misses hearing
ADJ-00009795
Unpaid wages and pay
Original decision
2018-01-17
WRC finds shop discriminatorily dismissed worker, awards €6,500
ADJ-00009033
Discrimination and equality
Original decision
2018-01-17
WRC awards cleaner €8,500 after finding employer caused resignation
ADJ-00008280
Unfair dismissal
Original decision
2018-01-17
WRC rejects shop assistant’s unfair-dismissal complaint against shop
ADJ-00008246
Unfair dismissal
Original decision
2018-01-17
WRC awards gym supervisor €1,894.88 for unpaid wages
ADJ-00007467
Industrial relations disputes Unpaid wages and pay
Original decision
2018-01-17
WRC finds residential care worker’s unfair-dismissal complaint not well founded
ADJ-00007233
Unfair dismissal
Original decision
2018-01-17
WRC declines medical scientist’s reclassification request
ADJ-00006550
Industrial relations disputes
Original decision
2018-01-16
Labour Court rejects Adina Predut's unfair dismissal appeal
UDD185
Unfair dismissal
Original decision
2018-01-16
Labour Court rejects Adina Predut's employment terms appeal
TED182
Contracts and notice
Original decision
2018-01-16
Labour Court rejects Adina Predut's discrimination and victimisation appeal
EDA187
Discrimination and equality
Original decision
2018-01-16
WRC dismisses worker’s complaint after she misses hearing
ADJ-00010305
Contracts and notice
Original decision
2018-01-16
WRC declines worker’s pay-grade dispute under collective agreement
ADJ-00009568
Industrial relations disputes
Original decision
2018-01-16
WRC dispute recommendation fails after employee misses hearing
ADJ-00009192
Industrial relations disputes
Original decision
2018-01-16
Chef’s redundancy and working-time complaints fail; unfair dismissal claim withdrawn
ADJ-00007720
Redundancy Unfair dismissal Working hours, holidays and breaks
Original decision
2018-01-16
WRC awards Sewing Machinist €74,668.51 for minimum wage underpayment
ADJ-00006603
Contracts and notice Working hours, holidays and breaks Unfair dismissal
Original decision
2018-01-15
WRC awards Graphic Designer €30,000 after finding dismissal unfair
ADJ-00007953
Unfair dismissal Contracts and notice
Original decision
2018-01-12
Labour Court rejects Daniel Collins’s appeal over unfair-dismissal claim
UDD184
Unfair dismissal
Original decision
2018-01-12
WRC finds dismissal of back-office advisor was fair
ADJ-00003780
Unfair dismissal
Original decision
2018-01-11
Labour Court overturns unfair dismissal finding and orders €5,000 for Richard Moran
UDD182
Unfair dismissal
Original decision
2018-01-11
Labour Court overturns failed victimisation complaint and orders Couverture to pay €25,000
EDA182
Discrimination and equality
Original decision
2018-01-11
WRC recommends charity keep social care worker’s position under review
ADJ-00009180
Industrial relations disputes
Original decision
2018-01-11
WRC rejects quality controller’s unfair dismissal complaint; safety complaint withdrawn
ADJ-00006768
Unfair dismissal
Original decision
2018-01-11
WRC dismisses audiologist’s three complaints over employment status
ADJ-00003763
Unfair dismissal Unpaid wages and pay
Original decision
2018-01-10
Labour Court recommends €500 payment to Tesco workers over paid breaks
LCR21860
Industrial relations disputes
Original decision
2018-01-10
Labour Court sets aside €24,000 award to Rio's Takeaway Limited Rio's worker
EDA186
Discrimination and equality
Original decision
2018-01-09
WRC rejects shop assistant’s three complaints against retail outlet
ADJ-00006185
Contracts and notice Industrial relations disputes
Original decision
2018-01-08
Labour Court recommends two pay increases for Sleever International print operatives
LCR21642
Industrial relations disputes
Original decision
2018-01-07
Labour Court recommends Tesco and worker accept warning dispute was resolved
LCR21871
Industrial relations disputes
Original decision
2018-01-07
Labour Court recommends Tesco and worker accept warning dispute was resolved
LCR21870
Industrial relations disputes
Original decision
2018-01-05
Labour Court overturns dismissal ruling and awards Vadym Kalinin €35,000
UDD181
Unfair dismissal
Original decision
2018-01-05
Labour Court dismisses Vadym Kalinin's appeal against discrimination findings
EDA183
Discrimination and equality
Original decision
2018-01-05
Labour Court rejects worker’s appeal over harassment and victimisation claims
EDA181
Discrimination and equality
Original decision
2018-01-04
Labour Court dismisses Ulrike Cronje’s appeal over transfer to Pfizer site
TED1821
Contracts and notice
Original decision
2018-01-04
Labour Court rejects Ulrike Cronje’s penalisation appeal against Noonan
HSD184
Health and safety penalisation
Original decision
2018-01-04
WRC recommends indefinite-duration contract for executive engineer after ten years
ADJ-00007026
Industrial relations disputes
Original decision