In her findings, deputy Labour Court chairwoman Katie Connolly said that following his dismissal Amir Sajad Esmaeily secured two part-time, temporary, lecturing roles, at a lower rate of pay than his Dublin Business School payThe Labour Court has ordered the Dublin Business School (DBS) to pay €104,000 compensation to a lecturer after he was unfairly dismissed for logging into his college email account from Iran. At a previous hearing in the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), Esmaeily said his dismissal had a devastating effect on him. However, at the WRC and subsequently at the Labour Court, Accountancy & Business College (Ireland) Limited, trading as Dublin Business School, conceded the dismissal was unfair. He then successfully appealed the amount of the award to the Labour Court, where it was almost doubled to €104,000. In her findings, deputy Labour Court chairwoman Katie Connolly said that following his dismissal Esmaeily secured two part-time, temporary lecturing roles, at a lower rate of pay.

Source: The Irish Times March 20, 2026 18:40 UTC