Former 2FM presenter Chris Greene has withdrawn all of his allegations against RTÉ at the Workplace Relations Commission.
Chris Greene had initiated proceedings claiming he was penalised as a whistleblower and then sacked by RTÉ after he made allegations about sexual harassment in the workplace and complained to the authorities about his employment status.
A full hearing was due to begin this morning but following talks between both sides Mr Greene’s barrister, David Byrnes BL, told the WRC that a compromise had been reached.
Adjudicator Breiffní O’Neill was told Mr Greene was withdrawing all claims against RTÉ including the protected disclosure claims.
During a previous preliminary hearing at the WRC last November, Mr Byrnes said his client had gone to 2FM chief Dan Healy with concerns regarding “alleged sexual harassment and impropriety in the workplace”.
He said his client had been penalised by being marginalised at work prior to dismissal and the dismissal was an unfair one, suggesting there was a penalisation element to it as well.
RTÉ’s barrister Mairead McKenna SC said the broadcaster disputed that Mr Greene was an employee and that the claim for penalisation set out in legal submissions by the complainant’s legal team was not clear.
During the preliminary hearing, RTÉ was disputing Mr Greene’s status as an employee and arguing that he had no entitlement to take any employment rights claims.
The tribunal was also told at the time that the State broadcaster was appealing a determination of the Department of Social Protection’s Scope section which found Mr Greene had been an employee at the material time.
Mr Greene had initiated the proceedings against the State broadcaster under the Unfair Dismissals Act, the Protected Disclosures Act and the Payment of Wages Act, all of which were contested.
