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In this month's Q&A, Caoimhe Grogan, Associate in A&L Goodbody's Employment Group, provides an update on two related decisions of the Workplace Relations Commission (the WRC) in Fiona O'Neill v Waterford Intellectual Disability Association where significant compensation was awarded under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (the 2014 Act). The decisions are a strong reminder that penalisation is not limited to dismissal or formal discipline. Changes to duties or reporting lines, threats, coercive