In a world where employment laws are consistently changing and evolving, one steadfast principle remains – the role of fair procedures in the disciplinary process. Below, the EY Law Ireland Employment Law team discusses a number of recent WRC decisions which confirm that, even where substantive grounds for disciplinary action exist, procedural missteps will expose leaving employers exposed.

Right reason, wrong procedure

Legal Island readers will be all too familiar with headlines that announce “shock” unfair dismissal decisions in circumstances that suggest questionable behaviour on the part of the employee. But take a closer look at these decisions, and more often than not, it transpires that procedural errors occurred and had a more transparent and robust process been followed, the