Monthly Archives: October 2019

Receptionist fired after 'screaming' at client and sending them threatening emails awarded €3,520 damages A RECEPTIONIST at a commercial vehicle testing centre has been awarded €3,520 in compensation for unfair dismissal. The woman was sacked after sending threatening emails and texts to a customer and his wife. An adjudication hearing of the Workplace Relations Commission [...]

A design engineer for an agricultural machinery manufacturer who was discriminatorily dismissed over his stammer has been awarded €15,000 compensation. The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) ordered the unnamed firm to pay the worker €15,000 after finding the company discriminated against him on the grounds of his disability - a severe speech impediment. In his findings, [...]