Beef
Shannon based Halal meat operator, Asba Meats has been ordered to pay €20,000 compensation after discriminating against a pregnant worker.
Agri-Business
Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) told that former mart employee reported alleged assault with 'electronic cattle prod' to gardaí
By Gordon Deegan A judge has stated that “there is nothing the court can do to assist” in...
Former meat processing plant employee awarded '€1,800 for unfair treatment' by the Workplace Relations Commission.
42% of agricultural workplaces inspected by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) in 2024 were found in breach of employment law.
A farm organisation has raised fears that farmers may have to pay two penalties for the same breach of conditionality in the 2025 BISS.
39 operatives at the Castlefarm Dairygold site have been unsuccessful in their bid to retain an...
Rural Life
Inspectors from the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) have been involved in carrying out a number of unscheduled inspections on farms.
The Labour Court has upheld an appeal by Teagasc against a ruling that it pay €40,000 in a discrimination payout to a female statistician.
A pig farm worker has been awarded over €11,500 after it was found that he did not receive paid annual leave that he was entitled to.
Teagasc is to change the way it records the working times of its staff after an inspection by the WRC found non-compliance with legislation.
The WRC recovered €35,584 in unpaid wages in the agriculture sector in 2023, according to its annual report which was published today.
Brennans Bread has been ordered to pay €15,000 by the WRC to a former worker who was dismissed for failing to smoke in a designated area.
Other
47% of agricultural workplaces were in breach of employment law when inspected by the Workplace Relations Commission.
The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has awarded a former receptionist in a veterinary practice €15,600 in an unfair dismissal case.
The WRC has ordered that an agri-food worker, harassed and discriminated against by his line manager, be awarded €8,000 compensation.
The WRC has ordered Teagasc to pay €40,000 compensation to a female statistician allegedly paid less than a male colleague.
A Co. Tipperary mushroom producer allegedly paid a female Romanian mushroom picker as low as €4.06 per hour, a WRC hearing was told.
Forestry
By Gordon Deegan A financial controller who highlighted alleged financial irregularities at a...
One of the largest pig processors in the country has apologised at the WRC after a former employee claimed they felt 'pressurised' to return to work,
A midlands-based veterinary practice has been ordered to pay €10,000 compensation for the unfair dismissal of an office manager.
A director at a dairy company, who was arrested for car theft after failing to return his company car, has been awarded for unfair dismissal.
There is a fear out there among small and medium-sized businesses when it comes to employing someone for the first time.
