Anne Roper News Today

Industry and Employment Correspondent The Labour Court has halted the hearing of a case taken by a former RTÉ employee about being forced to retire at 65 due to inappropriate comments made by a member of the court yesterday. The unusual move occurred in the case of Anne Roper versus RTÉ, on what was to be the fifth day of the hearing, and will impose a significant additional costs burden on the parties faced with another rehearing of the case. Yesterday, a member of the division, Arthur Hall,...

RTÉ employee refused permission to join pension plan Updated / Wednesday, 24 Feb 2021 18:49 Industry and Employment Correspondent RTÉ told an American television producer/director there was no point in allowing her to join the company pension scheme because she would only get married or go back to America, the Labour Court was told today. Anne Roper was awarded €100,000 after the Workplace Relations Commission found that she was discriminated against when RTÉ forced her to retire at 65 i...

A senior RTÉ executive has said there is a sense of “stagnation” across the organisation over financial constraints which prevent new talent coming through its producer and director ranks.