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WRC decisions and recommendations

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has published decisions and recommendations from 7 to 15 April 2025.

Published:

April employment case law

Cases and issues covered include:

  • a dispute on whether to classify sick leave as ordinary sick leave or arising from an injury incurred on duty (A Worker v An Employer, IR - SC - 00003036);

  • applicability of the Unfair Dismissals Act to an apprenticeship (Darren Mulvaney v H. Shiels Limited, ADJ-00053127); and

  • detailed consideration of the criteria for a protected disclosure, penalisation, and extensions under the Protected Disclosures Act (Ger Malone v Services Industrial Professional Technical Union (SIPTU), ADJ-00043594).

Full details are available on the WRC website