Seamus McGranaghan from the employment team at O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors and Christine Quinn from Legal Island discuss 3 big NI cases that you need to keep on your HR radar!
1. Molloy v D&W Carlisle Ltd [2023] NIIT 25132/21
A failure to follow isolation guidance during the pandemic constituted gross misconduct due to health and safety failings by an employee.
2. McDade v Norman Emerson Group Limited [2023] NIIT 63140/22
A claim of unfair dismissal rejected where it was found that the claimant had live-streamed a video containing sectarian chanting.
3. Devine-Gallagher v Lidl (NI) Limited [2023] NIIT 23572/21
A case in which capability was a fair reason for the dismissal of an employee who had been off sick for a long period of time.
Seamus McGranaghan from the employment team at O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors and Christine Quinn from Legal Island discuss 3 big NI cases that you need to keep on your HR radar!
1. Molloy v D&W Carlisle Ltd [2023] NIIT 25132/21
A failure to follow isolation guidance during the pandemic constituted gross misconduct due to health and safety failings by an employee.
2. McDade v Norman Emerson Group Limited [2023] NIIT 63140/22
A claim of unfair dismissal rejected where it was found that the claimant had live-streamed a video containing sectarian chanting.
3. Devine-Gallagher v Lidl (NI) Limited [2023] NIIT 23572/21
A case in which capability was a fair reason for the dismissal of an employee who had been off sick for a long period of time.