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#Unfair Dismissal
# unfair-dismissal - Wednesday 25 September, 2019
'We don’t think it was a red card': Stoke City to appeal Irish 18-year-old's League Cup dismissal
Ireland U21 defender Nathan Collins was sent off during Stoke’s League Cup defeat to Crawley last night.
# unfair-dismissal - Friday 13 September, 2019
Clerical officer sacked by public body after missing almost 300 days in one year
The WRC said there were substantial grounds for the worker’s dismissal.
# unfair-dismissal - Thursday 18 July, 2019
Mayo retailer to pay €20,000 to woman who was unfairly dismissed in dispute over 12 ham slices
Details of the case was heard at the Labour Court.
# unfair-dismissal - Thursday 9 May, 2019
Pregnant woman who felt isolated and humiliated by male boss awarded €16,500
The woman worked at the accountancy firm from 2006 to 2018.
# unfair-dismissal - Wednesday 24 April, 2019
# unfair-dismissal - Thursday 4 April, 2019
Woman awarded €15k after claiming she was dismissed because of her pregnancy
The case was brought before the Workplace Relations Commission.
# unfair-dismissal - Monday 11 March, 2019
Care home worker loses unfair dismissal claim after she called service user 'a little s**t'
The WRC dismissed the woman’s claim after finding that her claim was not well-founded.
# unfair-dismissal - Thursday 21 February, 2019
Care worker who allegedly told service user that she'd 'kill her' loses unfair dismissal action
The patient’s grand-daughter alleged that on 26 April 2018 the care-worker had verbally threatened her grandmother.
# unfair-dismissal - Monday 18 February, 2019
Health worker loses career after allowing vulnerable teen go to toilet unaccompanied at Dart station
The WRC has ordered the man’s former employer to pay him €20,000 for his unfair dismissal.
# unfair-dismissal - Friday 15 February, 2019
Packaging firm ordered to pay €12,500 to unfairly dismissed pregnant worker
The woman’s P45 was left on her desk while she was on sick leave.
# unfair-dismissal - Sunday 3 February, 2019
Man accused of 'stealing' from employer for taking sick leave over back injury awarded €10,000
The fresh produce employee took a case against his former employer to the Labour Court this week.
# unfair-dismissal - Monday 7 January, 2019
Pregnant woman who was dismissed after being asked if she had 'too much Supermac's' awarded €14,000
The hotel which employed the woman was ordered to pay her compensation by the Workplace Relations Commission.
# unfair-dismissal - Tuesday 6 November, 2018
Hotel worker who claimed manager told him that he had his 'head up his a**e' awarded €1,700
The dispute arose after the worker went home from his job early one evening in December 2017.
# unfair-dismissal - Saturday 3 November, 2018
Worker accused of complaining about UK bosses in 'strong nationalist undertones' fails in unfair dismissal case
His company said the email sent to the CEO in America had “intimidating content”.
# unfair-dismissal - Wednesday 31 October, 2018
Man who hit emergency stop button on machine, costing company €93,000, loses unfair dismissal case
During an investigation, the man told his employer that he did not know that the emergency stop button was only to be used in actual emergencies.
# unfair-dismissal - Saturday 20 October, 2018
Gym worker who yawned and 'rolled on floor' in front of members awarded €1,420 for unfair dismissal
The case was taken after the complainant alleged that he was bullied and undermined by his manager before he was sacked.
# unfair-dismissal - Friday 21 September, 2018
Worker who posted derogatory Facebook memes about 'bosses' awarded €7,700
The woman alleged the managing director of the company had kicked her chair and shouted at her, which started the furore.
# unfair-dismissal - Thursday 6 September, 2018
A waitress who was sacked over a bad TripAdvisor review has been awarded €2,000
The woman claimed she was unfairly dismissed after a customer described her as ‘abrupt’.
Mechanic awarded €11.5k after being sacked for failing to turn up to work on time
The man in question had been employed as a mechanic at a garage from 1 July 2003 to 18 March 2017.
# unfair-dismissal - Thursday 30 August, 2018
Woman bullied and accused of doing 'crap job of running' property company awarded €12,500
The WRC heard how the woman was harassed by the company’s clients following the economic downturn.
# unfair-dismissal - Wednesday 29 August, 2018
Ministerial driver sacked over expense claims has unfair dismissal case rejected by WRC
The case was brought when the driver had his contract terminated after providing insufficient proof for his expenses.
# unfair-dismissal - Wednesday 22 August, 2018
Woman awarded €8,000 after being sacked for not being pushy enough with customers
The woman lasted just 34 days in her employment as store manager for a Dublin outlet of a family-run business.
# unfair-dismissal - Tuesday 21 August, 2018
Employer who sacked worker after secretly filming him siphoning off diesel 'behaved reasonably'
The worker had complained that the covert surveillance breached his privacy.
# unfair-dismissal - Sunday 12 August, 2018
Woman, sacked same day she told employer she had to attend pregnancy appointment, awarded €10,000
The woman had been working at the company for a little over a month.
# unfair-dismissal - Saturday 11 August, 2018
Car dealership manager who made 'bogus' invoice for van awarded €40,000 over his sacking
The man arranged the purchase for a colleague.
# unfair-dismissal - Friday 10 August, 2018
Bar manager sacked after his 11-year-old son was seen carrying pint glasses to customers awarded €3,270
The man had been working at the pub for 27 years.
# unfair-dismissal - Tuesday 7 August, 2018
NCT firm right to fire test centre worker who allegedly told customer 'f**k off', WRC rules
The WRC found that the man’s unfair dismissal complaint against his formal employer “is not well founded”.
# unfair-dismissal - Sunday 5 August, 2018
Boss who told woman being sick was 'no problem' and fired her a week later ordered to pay her €10,000
The company in question did not appear at the Labour Court hearing regarding the woman’s complaint.
# unfair-dismissal - Saturday 21 July, 2018
Childcare worker who had rock thrown at him and was regularly threatened wins €15k compensation
The Workplace Relations Commission said the man had “no alternative but to resign” because of how he was treated.
# unfair-dismissal - Thursday 19 July, 2018
Sacked worker who went along with false story to 'protect teammate' awarded €50k compensation
The former technician at the wind farm services company won his unfair dismissal case at the Workplace Relations Commission.
# unfair-dismissal - Wednesday 18 July, 2018
'They wanted me out': Former emergency service controller awarded €5k over 'flawed' disciplinary probe
The man sought reinstatement but the WRC judged that to be inappropriate given the “breakdown of trust”.
# unfair-dismissal - Thursday 21 June, 2018
Married store manager admits he offered accommodation to staff members for sex
The Workplace Relations Commission has ordered his employer to pay the man €6,500 after finding that his dismissal was unfair.
# unfair-dismissal - Sunday 6 May, 2018
Worker alleged to have taken 202 days sick leave in five years loses unfair dismissal case
The man disputed the absenteeism records kept by his former employer, and sought to be reinstated.
# unfair-dismissal - Thursday 26 April, 2018
HR manager at cemetery awarded €47,500 in compensation for unfair dismissal
The man had been employed at the cemetery for just under 20 years prior to his dismissal in late 2016.
# unfair-dismissal - Thursday 5 April, 2018
Citywest Hotel was ordered to pay a worker accused of making 'lewd comments' to a guest
The former security guard was awarded €6,000 in an unfair dismissal claim.
# unfair-dismissal - Thursday 15 March, 2018
Tesco has quashed a payout for a worker accused of stealing cash from self-scan tills
CCTV showed the man accessing the note dispensers – but he claimed he was unfairly dismissed.
# unfair-dismissal - Monday 5 March, 2018
Former airport search officer awarded over €9k after being sacked for 'supporting medicinal cannabis'
The man claimed he was fired for his political beliefs but failed to get reinstated to his position.
# unfair-dismissal - Friday 5 January, 2018
Airport worker awarded €50,000 after being sacked for refusing to drive uninsured vehicle
The man refused to drive a company vehicle that didn’t have tax, insurance or NCT discs.
# unfair-dismissal - Monday 1 January, 2018
Security man who missed a break-in because he was looking at his mobile phone loses job
At the WRC hearing, the man said ‘his mobile phone was like an extension of his arm’.
# unfair-dismissal - Monday 4 December, 2017
Art teacher sacked after admitting relationship with mental health patient awarded €5,000
The art teacher told the WRC hearing that the relationship “was a fully consensual, adult relationship”.
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Trinity College 'unfairly dismissed' lecturer at centre of controversial Prime Time FGM comments
Dr Ali Selim is one of the leading figures in the Irish Muslim community.
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