WRC and Labour Court decisions, April 2024
All 210 WRC and Labour Court decisions dated April 2024, newest first, with the outcome, any award and a link to the original decision.
Labour Court upholds Aer Lingus dismissal decision in Virginia Linehan appeal
UDD2418
WRC orders John O Shea Building & Renovations Ltd to pay statutory redundancy
ADJ-00049512
WRC rejects annual leave claim by Home and Away Care employee
ADJ-00049348
WRC dismisses Igor Golovchenko’s unpaid-pay complaint after hearing absence
ADJ-00047672
WRC dismisses ASL Airlines pilot’s unfair dismissal claim on jurisdiction grounds
ADJ-00039682
Freshly Chopped ordered to pay €10,000 to Hannah Murphy in age discrimination case
ADJ-00033787
Labour Court upholds €14,000 unfair dismissal award to Aoife Foley
UDD2412
Labour Court upholds finding Wesley McCarthy’s dismissal complaint was out of time
UDD2411
Labour Court upholds time-bar ruling on pension complaint
PAT241
Labour Court recommends €3,000 for worker summarily dismissed by Reads Design and Print
LCR22956
Labour Court recommends HSE worker accept Ballinasloe as work base, with flexibility
LCR22945
Labour Court upholds finding against worker in public holiday pay appeal
DWT2411
Labour Court upholds decision on Liam Drennan’s public holiday pay complaint
DWT2410
WRC finds two complaints against Traditional Meat Co. (Ireland) not well founded
ADJ-00048046
Alan Egan awarded €3,015 over written employment terms
ADJ-00047869
Rasoi Limited ordered to pay kitchen porter €2,944
ADJ-00047503
WRC rejects Lisa Lennon’s constructive dismissal complaint against Orbcomm Ireland
ADJ-00045319
WRC rejects Kevin Walsh’s unfair dismissal complaint
ADJ-00032263
WRC recommends Grade VII appointment and €5,000 for health and safety worker
IR - SC - 00002021
WRC urges worker to use workplace procedures over bullying grievance
IR - SC - 00001142
WRC awards Jeroen Proos €101,000 for unfair dismissal
ADJ-00044413
WRC orders Quinn Motors to pay James Quinn wages for unpaid suspension
ADJ-00041442
WRC dismisses Mark J. Savage’s discrimination complaint after non-attendance
ADJ-00032710
WRC dismisses Mark J. Savage’s discrimination complaint after non-attendance
ADJ-00026824
Labour Court upholds unfair dismissal finding after Jelena Lune misses appeal hearing
UDD2416
Labour Court refuses late appeal by Shane Mccaul over employment information claim
TED249
WRC recommends removing retired worker’s expired warning from personnel file
IR - SC - 00001889
Labour Court upholds HSE race discrimination finding in medical scientist’s promotion appeal
EDA2415
Labour Court upholds ruling against Jelena Lune after she misses appeal hearing
DWT2416
Labour Court refuses Shane Mccaul’s late appeal extension
DWT2413
WRC awards Martina McGrenaghan €1,600 for missing employment terms
ADJ-00049755
WRC says Amir Sajad Esmaeily’s overtime complaint was out of time
ADJ-00048447
Labour Court dismisses Gheorghe Daniel Marcu’s unfair dismissal appeal
UDD2417
WRC finds Michael Mc Kenna entitled to statutory redundancy payment
ADJ-00049263
Janet Moloney’s three WRC complaints against Mary Sheppard were not well founded
ADJ-00046013
WRC dismisses Alpine Security wage complaint after worker misses hearing
ADJ-00045580
WRC finds Travelling Community member’s complaint against government department not well founded
ADJ-00043049
WRC finds Travelling Community member’s complaint against government department not well founded
ADJ-00043048
WRC finds Travelling Community member’s benefits complaint against government department not well founded
ADJ-00043047
WRC finds Travelling Community member’s benefits complaint against government department not well founded
ADJ-00043046
WRC finds government department did not engage in prohibited conduct after complainant misses hearing
ADJ-00043045
WRC finds government department did not engage in prohibited conduct after complainant misses hearing
ADJ-00043044
WRC rejects Travelling Community member’s complaint against government department
ADJ-00043005
WRC rejects Travelling Community member’s complaint against government department
ADJ-00043004
WRC finds complaint against government department not well founded after complainant misses hearing
ADJ-00043001
WRC finds complaint against government department not well founded after complainant misses hearing
ADJ-00043000
WRC finds Travelling Community member’s complaint against government department not well founded
ADJ-00042990
WRC finds Travelling Community member’s complaint against government department not well founded
ADJ-00042989
WRC rejects Traveller community member’s benefits discrimination complaint
ADJ-00042988
WRC rejects Traveller community member’s benefits discrimination complaint
ADJ-00042987
WRC finds government department did not engage in prohibited conduct
ADJ-00042976
WRC finds government department did not engage in prohibited conduct
ADJ-00042975
WRC dismisses Travelling Community member’s complaint against government department
ADJ-00042973
WRC dismisses Travelling Community member’s complaint against government department
ADJ-00042972
WRC finds no prohibited conduct after complainant misses hearing
ADJ-00042959
WRC finds no prohibited conduct after complainant misses hearing
ADJ-00042958
WRC finds government department did not engage in prohibited conduct
ADJ-00042947
WRC finds government department did not engage in prohibited conduct
ADJ-00042946
WRC finds complaint against government department not well founded after complainant’s absence
ADJ-00042940
WRC finds complaint against government department not well founded after complainant’s absence
ADJ-00042939
WRC rejects Carphone Warehouse worker’s part-time treatment complaint
ADJ-00033455
Labour Court recommends Clare County Council and SIPTU resolve library appointment dispute
LCR22953
WRC awards Lauren McBride €435.60 over insufficient work
ADJ-00049238
Unpaid wages and pay Working hours, holidays and breaks Contracts and notice
WRC awards Erin Lamph €276 over missing employment terms
ADJ-00049179
Contracts and notice Unpaid wages and pay Working hours, holidays and breaks
Sysco Foods Ireland Limited wins job-terms complaint
ADJ-00047619
Tesco succeeds in annual leave and sick leave complaints
ADJ-00047574
WRC allows Ion Lipsiuc’s redundancy appeal after rejecting alternative-job arguments
ADJ-00047137
WRC complaint against R.T.B Tribunal Section fails after Peter Byrne misses hearing
ADJ-00045957
Paul Clarke’s discrimination complaint against Cpl Solutions Ltd fails
ADJ-00043501
Kilkenny County Council made to pay €500 in each holiday-pay complaint
ADJ-00037752
David Chalton’s annual leave claim against Barrow Hospitality was out of time
ADJ-00049147
Dublin Centre of Education ordered to pay Hubavena Musova €1,020
ADJ-00048760
WRC finds Aimee O'Donnell's underpayment complaint not well founded
ADJ-00048587
Nike Sanni entitled to redundancy payment after employer closed workplace
ADJ-00048339
WRC orders €800 wages payment to Vadim Tudorache
ADJ-00048156
WRC finds two complaints against An Cosan not well founded after complainant misses hearing
ADJ-00047794
WRC rejects race discrimination complaint against Bank of Ireland
ADJ-00047540
Ann Dennehy wins 18 sick-pay complaints against Alps Electric
ADJ-00046405
Ann Dennehy wins 21 sick-pay complaints against Alps Electric
ADJ-00046135
HSE defeats WRC protected-disclosure complaint by Gabriel Germino
ADJ-00045983
WRC awards €25,000 to Rossaveal worker in protected disclosure case
ADJ-00045437
WRC rejects Traveller discrimination complaints against Texas Steakout
ADJ-00045426 and ADJ-00045428
WRC recommends apology and €2,500 for airline worker after grievance delays
ADJ-00043341
WRC finds Bradley Evans’s minimum-wage complaint not well-founded
ADJ-00049015
WRC orders D&H Tralee Ltd to pay €2,001.03 to former Subway worker
ADJ-00048922
WRC allows Conor McGrath’s redundancy claim against Health and Sport Technologies Ltd
ADJ-00048752
WRC rejects Leigh Fogarty’s six complaints against Parnells Gaa Club
ADJ-00048551
Unpaid wages and pay Working hours, holidays and breaks Redundancy
WRC finds Traveller discrimination complaint against Killarney hotel not well founded
ADJ-00047351
WRC rejects Payment of Wages complaint against P & L Carpentry Ltd
ADJ-00047330
WRC awards Shauna Finnie €5,400 for unfair dismissal
ADJ-00047171
Unfair dismissal Working hours, holidays and breaks Contracts and notice
Doyle Shipping Group wins notice-pay complaint
ADJ-00045732
WRC awards €800 to financial adviser after finding unfair dismissal
ADJ-00043899
WRC dismisses six claims against Herberton Leisure Centre on standing grounds
ADJ-00030691
Contracts and notice Working hours, holidays and breaks Discrimination and equality
WRC says it lacks jurisdiction over British-law wages complaint
ADJ-00050273
WRC orders Layer Digital Solutions to pay €15,583.32 in wages claim
ADJ-00047158
Wexford County Council ordered to pay worker €10,000 over safety complaint
ADJ-00046217
Labour Court upholds ruling that Szymon Tomiak’s complaint was out of time
TED247
WRC rejects Oliver Ward’s redundancy payment claim against Silverhill Civil Contracts
ADJ-00049014
WRC orders Zenoz Ltd to pay Conall Collins €1,881.89 in unpaid wages
ADJ-00044009
HSE prevails in agency nurse’s protected disclosure complaints
ADJ-00039349
WRC finds two complaints against Chimeway Limited not well founded after neither party attended
ADJ-00031404
Mason Hayes & Curran ordered to pay €5,000 in disability accommodation case
ADJ-00049048
WRC awards Caitlin Kavanagh €896 after finding restaurant dismissal unfair
ADJ-00047814
WRC rejects retail security guard’s pay complaint against OCS
ADJ-00047723
WRC awards Brendan Bannigan €1,410 for unpaid holiday and public holiday pay
ADJ-00047767
Mercy University Hospital Cork succeeds in sick-leave pay complaint
ADJ-00046410
WRC awards former Avia Capital Leasing manager €2,750 in notice pay
ADJ-00044157
WRC awards former Avia Capital Leasing manager €1,949 in holiday pay
ADJ-00038867
Donegal County Council ordered to pay Fionnuala Bonner €45,000 after pregnancy-related dismissal
ADJ-00025462
Discrimination and equality Fixed-term and part-time workers
Donegal County Council contract deemed indefinite after WRC ruling
ADJ-00022541
Labour Court upholds recommendation in Hotel Kilkenny probation dismissal case
LCR22951
WRC recommends worker discuss suitable return-to-work role
IR - SC - 00001568
WRC awards chef €2,688 for constructive dismissal
ADJ-00045083
Unfair dismissal Contracts and notice Working hours, holidays and breaks
WRC awards Geraldine O’Donnell €15,000 over unfair dismissal after socks dispute
ADJ-00044308
Labour Court recommends four-year pay deal for Kilkenny Limestone operatives
LCR22949
Labour Court upholds time-limit ruling in Rotunda Hospital equality appeal
EDA2419
Labour Court upholds time-limit ruling in Rotunda Hospital equality appeal
EDA2418
Labour Court upholds time-limit ruling in Siobhan McNally complaint
EDA2417
Labour Court upholds time-limit ruling in Siobhan McNally complaint
EDA2416
WRC finds Payment of Wages complaint against Target Tradesmen Limited not well-founded
ADJ-00049625
John Feeney’s WRC complaint against Lismore Community Development Clg was out of time
ADJ-00049150
WRC declines to hear Taylor Evans’s minimum wage complaint
ADJ-00049096
WRC orders Heavens Cakes to pay baker €200 for missing written terms
ADJ-00048564
Contracts and notice Unpaid wages and pay Working hours, holidays and breaks
WRC rejects chef’s unpaid wages complaint against Ciaran Berry Kenbergal Limited
ADJ-00047585
WRC rejects machinist’s age pay discrimination complaint against Prodieco
ADJ-00047294
WRC rejects Edwin Dordoe’s wage complaint against Eurofins Biomnis
ADJ-00046842
WRC awards Emamoke Idowu €221.77 in wages case against Praxis Care
ADJ-00046276
WRC dismisses Ciaran Grant’s complaints after hearing no-show
ADJ-00046180
WRC orders Coyne Tyres Ballina Ltd to pay €632 in unpaid wages
ADJ-00045902
WRC orders Avia Capital Leasing to pay €20,983 in wages and notice pay
ADJ-00045439
WRC dismisses part-time work complaint against Connolly Hospital
ADJ-00042344
WRC rejects late redundancy complaint against Lighthouse Media
ADJ-00041498
Labour Court overturns finding against Debenhams in redundancy consultation case
PED243
Labour Court upholds Debenhams consultation breach finding and four weeks’ pay for Jane Crowe
PED241
WRC recommends €2,437.50 for restaurant worker unfairly dismissed
ADJ-00050818
WRC upholds Mary Bright’s complaints against Lifetime Care Ltd
ADJ-00049141
WRC dismisses Leon Buchcic’s wage complaint after he misses hearing
ADJ-00049035
WRC dismisses Alex O'Brien's unfair dismissal complaint after he misses hearing
ADJ-00048555
WRC dismisses unfair dismissal complaint after neither side attends hearing
ADJ-00048445
WRC dismisses Eduardo Silva's Payment of Wages complaint after he misses hearing
ADJ-00048289
Janusz Kasprzyk’s 19 WRC complaints against Provincial Security Services end after hearing absence
ADJ-00047847
Unfair dismissal Discrimination and equality Contracts and notice
Finley Kennedy awarded €750 over missing employment contract
ADJ-00047741
Contracts and notice Working hours, holidays and breaks Redundancy
WRC rejects former Brandon Hotel worker’s race discrimination and harassment claims
ADJ-00047381
WRC rejects four claims against HSE by agency worker
ADJ-00045717
Contracts and notice Working hours, holidays and breaks Agency workers and employment permits
WRC dismisses Cuicui Wang’s unfair-dismissal complaint after hearing absence
ADJ-00044987
Labour Court upholds dismissal of Claire Conlon’s contract notice complaint
TED248
Labour Court dismisses Claire Conlon’s wages appeal
PWD2428
Labour Court upholds dismissal of Claire Conlon’s wages complaint
PWD2427
Labour Court upholds €3,600 notice award for Jerzy Wiecek
MND244
WRC recommends written reasons for refusal of pandemic payment appeal
IR - SC - 00001873
WRC rejects bank worker’s complaint over return to substantive grade
IR - SC - 00000066
Labour Court dismisses Claire Conlon’s disability discrimination appeal
EDA2414
Labour Court dismisses Claire Conlon’s disability discrimination appeal
EDA2413
Labour Court dismisses Ms Claire Conlon’s Sunday work appeal as out of time
DWT2412
WRC dismisses Catherine Sheehan’s complaint against Cork County Council
ADJ-00049322
WRC finds Michael Carolan was not entitled to statutory redundancy pay
ADJ-00049064
WRC awards Martin Gerard Murphy €500 for unfair dismissal
ADJ-00048920
WRC awards Monika Janosikova €2,520 in annual-leave pay
ADJ-00044153
Working hours, holidays and breaks Unfair dismissal Redundancy
WRC recommends written reasons for pandemic payment refusal
IR - SC - 00001881
WRC recommends €6,500 for delay in workplace adjustments
IR - SC - 00000953
WRC finds three complaints against McR Group not well-founded after hearing absence
ADJ-00050157
Unpaid wages and pay Contracts and notice Working hours, holidays and breaks
WRC finds Techrete Ireland Limited granted employee her annual leave entitlement
ADJ-00049571
WRC dismisses bakery worker’s mobile-working complaint as vexatious
ADJ-00048671
WRC rejects unfair dismissal complaint after finding Killark redundancy was genuine
ADJ-00048120
WRC closes wages complaints against Astopia Dublin after liabilities paid
ADJ-00046365
WRC awards Tramline Taverns manager €27,645 for unfair dismissal
ADJ-00045956
WRC rejects Chirag Vinod Malhotra’s parental-leave and discrimination complaints
ADJ-00043308
Discrimination and equality Maternity, parental and carer's leave
UCC ordered to pay Wim Naude €300,000 over unfair dismissal
ADJ-00042625
WRC rejects discrimination complaint against Athlone Institute of Technology
ADJ-00025741
WRC rejects National Director’s allowance claim but recommends pension talks
IR - SC - 00001636
WRC recommends €5,000 for worker dismissed without fair procedures
ADJ-00049565
WRC finds ISS dismissal of Castlebar worker was fair
ADJ-00049258
WRC finds taxi worker entitled to redundancy payment
ADJ-00049225
Marie Treanor wins redundancy entitlement after taxi business closes
ADJ-00049224
WRC awards Piotr Sudak €1,830 for unpaid wages and €1,216 in notice pay
ADJ-00049221
WRC finds Jevgenijs Kirjacevs’s two complaints not well-founded after missed hearing
ADJ-00049178
Colm Haugh granted redundancy entitlement after Loughrea butcher shop closed
ADJ-00049100
WRC rejects Eric Doyle’s complaint over written employment terms
ADJ-00049057
Niamh Dullaghan entitled to redundancy pay after bakery closure
ADJ-00048995
Amy Black entitled to redundancy pay from Parnells GAA Club
ADJ-00048949
Unpaid wages and pay Working hours, holidays and breaks Redundancy
WRC awards Gerhardus Kotze €253 over missing work hours in contract
ADJ-00048837
Alucraft ordered to pay Darragh O'Shea €1,597 for unfair dismissal
ADJ-00048386
WRC rejects Mindaugas Uoka's transfer-of-undertakings complaint
ADJ-00048347
WRC rejects HSE painter's discrimination complaint over bereavement leave
ADJ-00048162
WRC rejects Yuqing Yang’s race discrimination complaint against QuantumClean
ADJ-00047929
WRC orders Bc-R Group to pay worker €430.08 over reduced job rate
ADJ-00047589
WRC awards care assistant €10,325 for unfair dismissal
ADJ-00047012
WRC recommends €1,000 for worker after grievance appeal excluded managers
ADJ-00046479
WRC declines to hear Brian Breslin’s unfair dismissal complaint against F.X. Buckleys
ADJ-00046426
WRC awards James Ryan €4,704 in notice pay after employer misses hearing
ADJ-00045813
Redundancy Contracts and notice Working hours, holidays and breaks
WRC awards Anton Gremin €2,992 in notice pay
ADJ-00045682
Beacon Hospital wins unfair dismissal case brought by Karen Roche
ADJ-00045379
WRC rejects Melissa Daly’s discrimination and sick-pay complaints against Life Style Sports
ADJ-00044558
WRC directs North West Roscommon Cdp Ltd to pay Sonia Walsh €7,085.40
ADJ-00043680
WRC finds both Luke Francis Woods complaints against HSE not well founded
ADJ-00042564
Roscommon woman awarded €4,036.62 over notice shortfall
ADJ-00042463
Michael Daly wins redundancy entitlement after taxi business closes
ADJ-00049245
Eugene O' Hagan wins redundancy entitlement after taxi business closes
ADJ-00049226
Jennifer Kearney wins redundancy entitlement after taxi business closes
ADJ-00049223
WRC orders National Parents Council Post Primary Npcpp to pay Kirsty Moore €2,907.69 in unpaid wages
ADJ-00048317
WRC awards Two Pups Coffee Two Pups Coffee worker €2,703 for unfair dismissal
ADJ-00047506
Contracts and notice Working hours, holidays and breaks Unfair dismissal
WRC awards €11,417 to The Zip Yard Dun Laoghaire worker in wages and holiday case
ADJ-00044487
Contracts and notice Unpaid wages and pay Working hours, holidays and breaks
WRC rejects Pauline Power’s constructive dismissal complaint against Our Lady of Fatima School
ADJ-00043745
WRC awards Agnieszka Siudalska €8,775 for unfair dismissal
ADJ-00034186
WRC finds Brenda Cox’s public holiday complaint against Mullingar pharmacy not well founded
ADJ-00028535
WRC awards Patrick Houlihan €5,696.32 for unpaid wages and notice pay
ADJ-00049005
WRC finds Stephen Monahan entitled to redundancy payment after taxi business closed
ADJ-00048754
Gary Prendergast awarded €15,000 after WRC finds age discrimination over hand cart
ADJ-00043902
WRC awards worker €13,689 after finding disability discrimination by engineering company
ADJ-00043403
Contracts and notice Discrimination and equality Working hours, holidays and breaks
WRC allows carpenter’s redundancy appeal
ADJ-00047056