Discipline & Grievance
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Lessons from Case Law
- Unfair Dismissal - Sleeping on the Job - Aug '06
- Competitor Meetings May Constitute Gross Misconduct - Jun '06
- Poorly Worded Contract Costs Company €55,000 - Jan '06
- Unfair Dismissal Case: Fair procedures of paramount importance in Drugs Case - Dec '05
- Failure to Adhere to Sick Leave Procedure Justifies Dismissal - Jan '05
- The Importance of Managing Sick Leave - Dec '04
- Drunk at Work - the right way to handle it - Aug '04
- Poor Procedures Outweigh Poor Performance - May '04
- Refusal to Discriminate Results in Dismissal - May '04
- A claim of Constructive Dismissal - Mar '04
- Failure to Handle Bullying Complaint - Stress Related Illness - Feb '04
- Institutionalised Bullying, No Defence - €8,000 - Nov '03
- Bullying in the Workplace Results in Compensation Award - €10,000 - Oct ‘03
- Poor Procedures Outweigh Poor Performance - Sept '03
- Fair Redundancy Following Return From Maternity Leave - Sept '03
- Breach of Trust Not Sufficient to Merit Dismissal - Unfair - €20,000 - Aug '03
- No Service Requirement to Seek Compensation for Unfair Dismissal - Aug '03
- Pregnancy Related Dismissal - €7,500 - July '03
- Employer Fails to Investigate Suspicion of Bullying? Unfair Dismissal - €16000 - May '03
- Incapacity - Fair Ground For Dismissal - Apr ‘03
- ”Frustrated” Employer Dismisses Absent Employee - Fair Dismissal - Apr ‘03
- Explicit Policy For Explicit Images - Unfairly Dismissed for Distributing Pornography - March '03
- Too Drunk to Work? - Feb '03
- Incomplete Procedures can still Lead to Fair Dismissal - Dec '02
- Reduced Hours of Work - Constructive Dismissal - Dec '02
- Fair Employer - Unfair Dismissal - Dec '02
- Procedural Fairness Outweighs Employee Contribution to Dismissal - Nov '02
- Lack of procedures and fairness results in €20,000 compensation - Oct '02
- Constructive Dismissal - Who is to blame? - Oct '02
- Time Keeping the issue - Unfair procedures the problem - Sept '02
- Audit procedures caught employee - Dismissal Unfair - August '02
- Unfair Dismissals - €16,000 in compensation - Aug '02
- Employee alleged to have broken the law - Dismissal still unfair - Aug '02
- Redundancy - Not Unfair Dismissal - Jul '02
- Argument did not constitute Dismissal - Jul '02
- Redundancy - Not Unfair Dismissal - Jul '02
- Constructive Dismissal - When counselling borders on Disciplinary Action - Jun '02
- Gross Misconduct but still entitled to minimum notice - May '02
- The Importance of Disciplinary Procedures - Dec '01
- Determining Employee Status - Dec '01
- Counting the Cost of the Christmas Party - Dec '01
- Determining Employee Status - Dec '01
- Counting the Cost of the Christmas Party - Dec '01
- Failed to Follow Company Procedure - Nov '01
- Contract Fundamentally Breached: Constructive Dismissal Upheld - Sept '01
- Constructive Dismissal Results in Large Compensation Award Aug '01
- Whose Employee was he? - Determining Employee Status - Jul '01
- Principles of Natural Justice Not Applied - Jun '01
- Dismissed because of her Age? - Jun '01
- Employee who did not have Job Description ound Unfairly Dismissed - May '01