The Court of Appeal has overturned a €40,000 compensation award to a special needs assistant who was told she could not return to work at a special needs school after suffering serious injuries in a road accident. After the High Court upheld the Labour Court decision, the school appealed. The Labour Court had not correctly applied the law to the undisputed facts. The Labour Court erred in dismissing the school’s arguments the floating SNA position required creating an entirely new position, he said. The Labour Court erred in focusing on the position of Ms Daly to the exclusion of the other legitimate interests the school had to accommodate.

Source: The Irish Times February 01, 2018 20:48 UTC