Maternity, parental and carer's leave cases: WRC and Labour Court decisions
100 maternity, parental and carer's leave decisions from the WRC and Labour Court since 1986: outcomes, awards and original decisions.
Browse maternity, parental and carer's leave decisions in the WRC, Labour Court and earlier tribunal archive. Each report links to the original decision and records any published outcome or award.
By decision year
- 2026 12 decisions
- 2025 24 decisions
- 2024 11 decisions
- 2023 17 decisions
- 2022 15 decisions
- 2021 2 decisions
- 2020 2 decisions
- 2019 1 decisions
- 2018 1 decisions
- 2017 5 decisions
- 2016 6 decisions
- 2014 1 decisions
- 2012 1 decisions
- 2007 1 decisions
- 2002 1 decisions
Other topics
- Unfair dismissal 2581 decisions
- Discrimination and equality 3079 decisions
- Unpaid wages and pay 2747 decisions
- Working hours, holidays and breaks 2604 decisions
- Redundancy 979 decisions
- Contracts and notice 1544 decisions
- Industrial relations disputes 11250 decisions
- Fixed-term and part-time workers 446 decisions
- Whistleblowing (protected disclosures) 147 decisions
- Health and safety penalisation 104 decisions
- Transfer of undertakings (TUPE) 215 decisions
- Agency workers and employment permits 105 decisions
WRC dismisses Shauna Byrne’s maternity pay complaint against Keane Thompson Limited
ADJ-00061890
WRC declines jurisdiction over 12 complaints against Dreame Technology
ADJ-00064362
Contracts and notice Discrimination and equality Maternity, parental and carer's leave
WRC dismisses Michael Donoghue’s complaints after he misses hearing
ADJ-00059448
Discrimination and equality Maternity, parental and carer's leave
WRC lacked jurisdiction over Healy’s parental leave complaint
ADJ-00062837
WRC rejects Carolyn Byrne’s maternity-related salary complaint
ADJ-00050315
WRC rejects Viktorija Danilova’s claims against Tiktok Technology Limited
ADJ-00059303
Redundancy Maternity, parental and carer's leave Unpaid wages and pay
WRC rejects Apple worker’s remote-work and dismissal claims
ADJ-00056537
Discrimination and equality Contracts and notice Maternity, parental and carer's leave
WRC awards Eoin Hamilton €352.82 in notice pay and €108 in redundancy pay
ADJ-00058017
Maternity, parental and carer's leave Unpaid wages and pay Working hours, holidays and breaks
WRC rejects warehouse operative’s parental leave penalisation complaint
ADJ-00054149
WRC dismisses three complaints after claimant misses reconvened hearing
ADJ-00056902
Discrimination and equality Maternity, parental and carer's leave Contracts and notice
WRC awards Battsetseg Seddavaa €8,000 for unfair dismissal
ADJ-00057742
Discrimination and equality Maternity, parental and carer's leave Unfair dismissal
WRC dismisses four complaints against Derry Court Company Limited
ADJ-00058760
Unfair dismissal Discrimination and equality Maternity, parental and carer's leave
WRC awards security officer €4,000 over unfair dismissal
ADJ-00058588
Unpaid wages and pay Working hours, holidays and breaks Maternity, parental and carer's leave
WRC rejects ten complaints after Cristina Bargan and representative miss hearing
ADJ-00058160
Maternity, parental and carer's leave Discrimination and equality Working hours, holidays and breaks
WRC dismisses maternity protection complaint after complainant misses hearing
ADJ-00059771
WRC rejects Felichia Weston’s maternity protection complaint against CPL Solutions
ADJ-00057938
WRC rejects Margaret O’Leary’s complaints against Southside Travellers Action Group
ADJ-00059472
Discrimination and equality Maternity, parental and carer's leave
WRC closes five complaints after complainant misses hearing
ADJ-00057122
Discrimination and equality Maternity, parental and carer's leave
WRC rejects Galway University Hospital worker’s maternity return complaint
ADJ-00054681
WRC dismisses 15 employment complaints after complainant misses hearing
ADJ-00045928
Working hours, holidays and breaks Unfair dismissal Maternity, parental and carer's leave
WRC rejects four complaints by former Dublin Bus driver
ADJ-00056846
WRC rejects Arlene Reynolds’s discrimination and victimisation claims against Scalapay
ADJ-00054841
Discrimination and equality Maternity, parental and carer's leave
WRC dismisses three complaints against An Post after hearing no-show
ADJ-00054532
Unfair dismissal Working hours, holidays and breaks Maternity, parental and carer's leave
WRC rejects Caroline Hollands’s complaints against Department of Social Protection
ADJ-00055624
Discrimination and equality Maternity, parental and carer's leave Whistleblowing (protected disclosures)
WRC finds domestic-violence-leave penalisation complaint not well founded
ADJ-00055136
WRC rejects complaint against Irish Prison Service after missed hearing
ADJ-00053031
Darelli ordered to pay William Dobbyn €1,312 over unfair dismissal
ADJ-00055224
Maternity, parental and carer's leave Unfair dismissal · Tipperary
WRC rejects parental leave complaint on jurisdiction grounds
ADJ-00056428
Securitas ordered to pay €2,500 over force majeure leave refusal
PLD251
WRC rejects late parental leave complaint
ADJ-00055773
WRC rejects healthcare assistant’s parental-leave complaint as out of time
ADJ-00054286
WRC rejects Yahoo employee’s complaints after probationary dismissal
ADJ-00043780
Discrimination and equality Maternity, parental and carer's leave Contracts and notice
WRC rejects four complaints after complainant misses hearing
ADJ-00053655
Maternity, parental and carer's leave Working hours, holidays and breaks
Legal Aid Board defeats WRC discrimination and penalisation claims
ADJ-00051303
Discrimination and equality Maternity, parental and carer's leave Whistleblowing (protected disclosures)
Labour Court awards Komfort Kare worker €2,500 over denied force majeure leave
PLD242
WRC awards former Rockhill House Estate worker €285 for unpaid leave
ADJ-00054861
Contracts and notice Maternity, parental and carer's leave Unpaid wages and pay · Donegal
Securitas worker awarded €27,500 after unfair dismissal following maternity leave
ADJ-00050911
Maternity, parental and carer's leave Contracts and notice Discrimination and equality
WRC rejects Westwood Club CLG discrimination complaint
ADJ-00050686
Discrimination and equality Maternity, parental and carer's leave
Labour Court dismisses Audrey Sumaili’s maternity protection appeal
MPD241
Laura Kilduff awarded €1,305 over missing employment terms
ADJ-00050936
Contracts and notice Unfair dismissal Maternity, parental and carer's leave
WRC awards Jason Keyes €7,500 for unfair dismissal
ADJ-00050919
Unfair dismissal Maternity, parental and carer's leave Unpaid wages and pay
Waystone wins two complaints after worker misses hearing
ADJ-00033341
Discrimination and equality Maternity, parental and carer's leave
WRC directs Komfort Kare to pay HR manager €7,000 over refused leave
ADJ-00051923
WRC rejects eight complaints by Sarah Kelly on time-limit grounds
ADJ-00050555
Unfair dismissal Fixed-term and part-time workers Maternity, parental and carer's leave
Abtran ordered to grant Julie Murphy force majeure leave and pay €400
ADJ-00045486
WRC rejects Chirag Vinod Malhotra’s parental-leave and discrimination complaints
ADJ-00043308
Discrimination and equality Maternity, parental and carer's leave
WRC rejects maternity leave and discrimination complaints
ADJ-00036780
Maternity, parental and carer's leave Discrimination and equality
WRC rules on two complaints by Kilkenny County Council employee
ADJ-00043956
Working hours, holidays and breaks Maternity, parental and carer's leave
WRC rejects Dunnes Stores worker’s carer’s leave complaint
ADJ-00037810
Delivery driver awarded €5,000 after WRC upholds health-and-safety penalisation complaint
ADJ-00037309
Discrimination and equality Maternity, parental and carer's leave Fixed-term and part-time workers