Woman awarded €15k after claiming she was dismissed because of her pregnancy A WOMAN HAS been awarded €15,000 after claiming she was dismissed from her job because of her pregnancy following a hearing before the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC). The complainant was employed as a training coordinator by a healthcare trainer on 1 November 2016. [...]
A MAYO RETAILER has been left with a €20,000 bill after unfairly dismissing a female employee in a dispute concerning 12 slices of ham. It follows a Labour Court determination that Sloneczko Ltd, trading as the Breadski Brothers, should pay €20,000 to sacked sales assistant, Agnieszka Kopacz. The Labour Court made the ruling after finding [...]
WRC awards €2,500 to man for age discrimination The Workplace Relations Commission has awarded €2,500 to a man who suffered age discrimination. The man accepted a job as a minibus driver for a charity but the job offer was withdrawn a month later on the basis of his age. His application papers contained five documents [...]
A female shop assistant who was repeatedly called ‘thunder tits’ and other offensive comments by a manager as part of daily sexual harassment endured by her over a six month period has been awarded €40,000. This follows Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Adjudication Officer, Marian Duffy ordering that the worker be awarded the maximum award she [...]
EAP Employee Assistance Programme - Your Workplace Health Passport We Provide employees’ access to services and support to assist with mental health, conflict, requirements, financial issues, and other such support that could prevent them for working successfully. Modern life is becoming much more instant and convenient in so many ways. But that doesn’t mean [...]
E- Learning is now available in ESA. Why and what are the benefits as compared to our previous forms of learning. Quite simply it happens quickly and easily and it is not bound by geography or time. This in turns benefits the employer and employee. Our powerful new E-Learning courses of which we have 108 [...]
Employer Need to Note: That Parents can now apply for additional unpaid leave from work following the introduction of new parental leave legislation due to take effect in September 2019. The Parental Leave Act will see parents get an extra four weeks unpaid leave, on top of the current 18 weeks entitlement until a [...]
The Labour Court regarding new minimum pay rates for the construction and electrical contracting sectors respectively on 10 May 2019 (the Recommendations). The Recommendations also provide for unsocial hours payments, terms for pension and sick pay schemes together with an amendment to the normal working hours of construction sector workers.A draft of the construction sector [...]
A Dublin law firm lost €97,000 in the space of a week after fraudsters intercepted emails about a mortgage redemption. The Law Society of Ireland has today warned all firms to be wary of the bank transfer scam and is urging solicitors not to rely on bank details received by email. An email from a [...]