Health and safety penalisation cases: WRC and Labour Court decisions
104 health and safety penalisation decisions from the WRC and Labour Court since 1986: outcomes, awards and original decisions.
Browse health and safety penalisation 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 3 decisions
- 2025 15 decisions
- 2024 4 decisions
- 2023 7 decisions
- 2022 6 decisions
- 2021 4 decisions
- 2020 3 decisions
- 2019 3 decisions
- 2018 3 decisions
- 2017 5 decisions
- 2016 3 decisions
- 2015 6 decisions
- 2014 3 decisions
- 2013 10 decisions
- 2012 7 decisions
- 2011 9 decisions
- 2010 3 decisions
- 2009 3 decisions
- 2008 5 decisions
- 2007 2 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
- Transfer of undertakings (TUPE) 215 decisions
- Maternity, parental and carer's leave 100 decisions
- Agency workers and employment permits 105 decisions
Labour Court rejects Máire Aherne’s disciplinary penalisation appeal
HSD263
Labour Court awards Máire Aherne €16,500 in safety penalisation appeal
HSD262
Labour Court dismisses Michelle Spellissy’s safety penalisation appeal
HSD2513
Labour Court upholds rejection of cleaner’s workplace penalisation complaint
HSD2518
Labour Court rejects HSE worker’s safety penalisation appeal
HSD2515
Labour Court rejects Adrian Gates’s penalisation appeal
HSD257
Labour Court upholds time-barred ruling on Siobhan Mcnally’s safety complaint
HSD2512
Health and safety penalisation Discrimination and equality · Dublin
Labour Court rejects McNally appeal over WRC time limit
HSD2511
Health and safety penalisation Discrimination and equality · Dublin
WRC awards technical manager €48,000 after finding health and safety penalisation
ADJ-00052191
Labour Court upholds dismissal of Siobhan McNally’s safety complaint
HSD259
Labour Court upholds dismissal of Rotunda Hospital safety complaint
HSD258
Labour Court upholds dismissal of Rotunda Hospital safety complaint
HSD2510
Labour Court overturns €30,000 Homesavers penalisation award
HSD256
WRC rejects casino worker’s three complaints against employer
ADJ-00048789
WRC says settlement bars health and safety penalisation complaint
ADJ-00043103
WRC lacks jurisdiction over health and safety complaint after settlement
ADJ-00039225
Labour Court affirms dismissal of Rotunda Hospital complaint after missed hearing
HSD255
Labour Court affirms dismissal of Rotunda Hospital complaint after missed hearing
HSD254
Labour Court upholds An Post decision in Veronica Dowling penalisation case
HSD2410
Labour Court overturns €20,000 award against Wexford County Council
HSD243
Labour Court upholds €1,500 award in home care worker’s unfair dismissal case
HSD244
Labour Court affirms decision against Madeline Keeley Burke after missed appeal hearing
HSD242
Labour Court upholds finding against Breda Kelleher
HSD239
Labour Court appeal fails after worker misses hearing
HSD238
Labour Court upholds finding against Pippa Ni Chonarain in penalisation appeal
HSD237
Labour Court upholds decision rejecting teacher’s safety representative claim
HSD236
Labour Court rejects Deirdre Walsh’s safety law appeal
HSD235
Labour Court upholds Dangan Group finding in safety penalisation appeal
HSD233
Labour Court awards Graham Kealy €20,000 over safety complaints
HSD231
Labour Court rejects Bus Éireann driver's safety penalisation appeal
HSD225
Labour Court allows Brendan Dolan’s appeal of WRC time-limit decision to proceed
HSD226
Labour Court finds safety role removal was penalisation, overturns decision
HSD224
Labour Court upholds An Post decision in postal operative’s safety appeal
HSD223
Labour Court upholds €20,000 award to Mayo hospital worker
HSD222
Health and safety penalisation Industrial relations disputes
Labour Court raises penalisation award to €30,000 on Noonan appeal
HSD221
Labour Court dismisses Kevin Murphy’s appeal over out-of-time penalisation complaint
HSD215
Labour Court upholds finding against Lareina Kirwan in penalisation appeal
HSD214
Labour Court overturns €65,000 penalisation award against Irish Prison Service
HSD212
Labour Court upholds decision after refusing Agnes O’Connor’s late appeal
HSD211
Labour Court upholds decision rejecting Galway City Council worker’s safety complaint
HSD206
Labour Court rejects Sharon Cummins’s penalisation appeal
HSD204
Labour Court upholds rejection of Jason Quinn’s safety penalisation complaint
HSD202
Labour Court affirms finding that HSE did not penalise ambulance technician
HSD194
Labour Court rejects Kathy Clarke’s appeal over penalisation complaint
HSD193
Labour Court upholds decision on Tamulynas’s out-of-time claims
HSD191
Labour Court upholds rejection of Robert Brennan’s safety complaint against An Post
HSD182
Labour Court affirms finding against David Hogan in penalisation appeal
HSD181
Labour Court rejects Ulrike Cronje’s penalisation appeal against Noonan
HSD184
Labour Court disallows Kathleen O’Connor Fleming’s appeal after finding complaint out of time
HSD176
Labour Court rejects Mark Clarke’s appeal over safety penalisation
HSD175