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The WRC recently awarded over €45,000 in a case concerning discriminatory treatment on the grounds of family status as well as penalisation under the Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act.

Women’s participation in the labour market has become a defining feature of Ireland’s changing workforce. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) revealed the growing level of female participation.

In this Case, a supervising pharmacist was awarded €50,000 by the WRC after the Adjudicator found that she had been discriminatorily dismissed following disclosure of her pregnancy.

Linea Leader are delighted to announce the launch of their Employee Benefits Benchmarking Survey – Series 4.0 and we invite you to participate!

Minimum rates of pay in the security sector are increasing from the 28th of September 2026. The national minimum wage rate is currently €14.15 per hour.

The European Commission published FAQs in August addressing a number of practical questions around incoming pay transparency obligations.

In this Case, the Respondent argued that the Complainant's dismissal arose from a genuine redundancy situation. A failure to follow fair procedures can render an otherwise genuine redundancy dismissal unfair.

The CSO’s latest Labour Force Survey revealed that people aged 55 and over, represented around 20% of the labour force in Q2 2026. This is almost double then in 2000.

In this Case, the Complainant was compulsorily retired at the contractual retirement age of 65, after having requested to continue working beyond that age.