The recent set of Employment Appeals Tribunal decisons published last week illustrate once again how employers end up paying dearly for not following due procedures in discipinary situations or for applying a disproportionate sanction. Here are a few examples : A lorry driver who was given two weeks notice and dismissed after asking his manager [...]
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The Cost of Dismissal !
Posted by HR Solutions on November 24th, 2009
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No Comments »Bullying at Work
Posted by HR Solutions on June 16th, 2009
A former hospital worker was recently awarded almost 30k by the Employment Appeals Tribunal when she successfully claimed constructive dismissal,after being bullied and isolated at work by her colleagues over a period of time. The tribunal determined that her employer had failed to properly and proactively investigate the allegations made, which resulted in working conditions [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: bullying at work, bullying investigation, bullying policy, HR News No Comments »Public Holiday Entitlement
Posted by HR Solutions on May 26th, 2009
As the fifth bank holiday of 2009 approaches, I thought it would be useful to remind you about how public holiday entitlement applies to employees, as determined by the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997. Full time employees have an immediate entitlement to public holidays from the first day of employment, whilst part-time employees must [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: bank holidays, HR News, part time entitlement, public holidays, working time act 1997 No Comments »Breaks at Work
Posted by HR Solutions on May 18th, 2009
The Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 is a very important piece of employment legislation that governs a number of the fundamentals of the employment relationship such as leave entitlement, maximum working hours, rest periods and breaks. Generally, employees who work 4.5 hours are entitled to a 15 minute break during their working hours or [...]
Notice of Redundancy
Posted by HR Solutions on May 14th, 2009
Redundancy payments and RP50′s – An all too familiar issue these days. Apart from ensuring that employees are awarded their correct stautory redundancy payment (use online calculator http://www.redcalc.entemp.ie), under the Redundancy Payments Legislation, employers need to ensure that they issue at least two weeks notice of redundancy if they are making a redundancy payment. However, [...]
Alcoholism At Work
Posted by HR Solutions on May 7th, 2009
Managing employees whose work is impacted by drinking outside work or who may even have turned up at work under the influence of alcohol and unfit to work, requires careful review and should not necessarily result in dismissal or disciplinary action being taken. A distinction needs to be drawn between social drinking and alcoholism to [...]
Constructive Dismissal
Posted by HR Solutions on April 28th, 2009
Following the publication of the recent batch of employment appeal tribunal decisions this week, I thought I would use the opportunity to review three constructive dismissal claims that were heard, two which were successful and one unsuccessful. In a constructive dismissal situation, an employee leaves their job because they believe that they can no longer [...]
Temporary Lay Off & Short Time Working
Posted by HR Solutions on February 11th, 2009
As redundancy figures continue to increase dramatically day by day,temporary lay off and short time working may offer employers an alternative to redundancy and an option to reduce costs until such time as business conditions improve. Both situations involve implementing a reduced working pattern, which is believed not to be permanent. Lay Off involves a [...]
The Party’s Over !
Posted by HR Solutions on November 26th, 2008
As the tradtional Xmas party season approaches, it is not only the current recessionary times that employers need to consider when organising the Staff Xmas Party. A significant number of cases taken by employees under different pieces of employment legislation illustrate very clearly that employers need to be aware of and take responsibility for behaviour [...]
Waitress Wins 8k for wearing Trousers !
Posted by HR Solutions on November 19th, 2008
A hotel worker who claimed she had been discriminated against for not wearing a skirt at work in her waitressing role and who was subsequently victimised by having her shifts reduced, was awarded over Euro 8,000 by the Equality Tribunal recently. Whilst it is acceptable for organisations to implement dress codes and standards of appearance [...]
