TWO men sacked after footage mocking the murder of Michaela McAreavey emerged last month are bringing claims of unfair dismissal.
There was widespread outrage when the clip showing people singing the vile song at a gathering at Dundonald Orange Hall was posted online.
Co Tyrone teacher Michaela McAreavey was killed in 2011 while on honeymoon in Mauritius.
Several people were subsequently sacked from their jobs after they were identified from the short video.
The shocking footage was captured on the same day Orangemen gathered in Belfast for a parade to mark the centenary of the partition of Ireland in 1921.
The two men bringing the claims of unfair dismissal are being represented by JWB Consultancy, a firm operated by prominent loyalist Jamie Bryson.
The identities of the pair have not been made public.
It is understood the cases are currently at the conciliation stage with the Labour Relations Agency, which is a process designed to help resolve disputes.
Should this process fail the matter would then be dealt with by the Fair Employment Tribunal.
Mr Bryson last night claimed the men he represents were wrongly dismissed.
"We are at the stage of early conciliation, but save for the relevant employers admitting their error then we will be pressing on seeking an early hearing date," he said.
Mr Bryson added neither of his clients 'sang a single word of the vile and abhorrent chant.'
The loyalist campaigner added that in the case of one client the employer "applied a test of the wider public interest".
He argued this is ''entirely the wrong test in law for a contractual employee-employer relationship".
Mr Bryson said everyone is entitled to a fair hearing.
"This is not about seeking to justify that abhorrent incident which disgusted all people but it is however about ensuring everybody is entitled to fair treatment under the law," he said.
He also confirmed he will seek anonymity for his clients given threats to them and their families.
"On our case the relevant employers plainly fell into error applying a bizarre test which a mountain of employment case law makes clear is an obvious misdirection," he said.
