The Unfair Dismissals Acts, 1977 to 2007 provide that a dismissal of an employee shall be deemed not to be an unfair dismissal, if it results "wholly or mainly" from the redundancy of the employee.
Failure to translate work contracts and safety documentation could now constitute discrimination on the grounds of race. Goode Concrete Limited has been ordered by the Equality Tribunal to pay the sum of €290,000 to foreign members of its staff because it failed to translate work contracts and safety documentation.