A lack of fair procedures led to a recent High Court decision, wherein an applicant’s summons to a disciplinary meeting were set aside indefinitely. Background Mr. Lyons (applicant) had been employed as a deputy principal in a college under the control of LWETB...
A Fitness instructor and lifeguard was sacked after bosses discovered she couldn’t swim, although her employer maintained before the EAT that she was sacked after taking a sun-bed session without paying and exiting a fitness club through a fire escape. Her...
Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few weeks, you have most likely heard of Pokémon Go, the hugely successful app in which players can try and catch Pokémon while going about their normal day. However, the success of the app has raised some...
In a recent Adjudication Officer decision, it was found that a former childcare worker had been unfairly dismissed from her employment by way of redundancy and was awarded €30,000 in compensation, which was in addition to her statutory redundancy payment. Background...
In a recent Adjudication Officer decision, it was found that an apprentice carpenter had been unfairly dismissed from his employment by way of redundancy. Background The Complainant commenced employment with the Respondent Employer as a labourer in 2013 and was...
