Legal News (Employment Law)

In a recent High Court decision, (Stobart (Ireland) Driver Services Ltd -v- Carrol), Kearns J upheld a Labour Court decision to reinstate and compensate a lorry driver who had been dismissed after he complained that he was too tired to work a shift. He was reinstated to the job from the date of dismissal which included all back pay which amounted to approximately €30,000.

There has been a recent decision of the Labour Court where an agency worker made a claim for similar pay as a direct hire. Mr Robert Costello (represented by SIPTU), a forklift truck driver, was the Claimant and Team Obair Limited was the relevant employment agency who employed Mr Costello.

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Humans Rights (the “ECHR”) delivered on the 29th January 2014 its landmark judgment in the case of O’Keeffe v Ireland.

Further to our recent article on the publication of the Protected Disclosures Bill 2013, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr Brendan Howlin T.D., has introduced an amendment to the Bill.

The Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 was published by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr Brendan Howlin, T.D. earlier this year and is expected to be enacted before the end of 2013. The Minister has described the Bill as “Ireland’s framework for combating corruption.”

The use of judicial review in the employment law context was clarified in a recent High Court ruling reinstating a school Principal after her demotion by the school’s Board of Management to classroom teacher.