Developments - December 11th, 2023
Update – Sick Leave Act…
Update – Sick Leave Act 2022. The provisions of the Sick Leave Act (“the Act”) commenced on 1st January…
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Developments - December 11th, 2023
Update – Paid Domestic Violence…
Update – Paid Domestic Violence Leave. On 27th November 2023, paid domestic violence leave came…
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Developments - December 11th, 2023
Update – Statutory Guidance on the…
On 20th November 2023, the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery & Reform published new Statutory…
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Developments - May 6th, 2022
Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous…
The General Scheme of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 (“the Bill”) that…
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Developments - April 4th, 2022
New Code of Practice on…
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (“IHREC”) has published a new Code of Practice on Sexual…
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Developments - April 4th, 2022
Protected Disclosure (Amendments) Bill 2022
The Protected Disclosure (Amendments) Bill 2022 (the “Bill”) was published on 8th February 2022…
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Developments - April 4th, 2022
Code Of Practice On Equal…
This month the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) published a new Code…
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Developments - December 24th, 2021
AOC Overview of Irish Employment…
This overview introduces the principal areas of employment law which affect businesses in Ireland.
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Developments - July 30th, 2021
Employee Awarded Compensation For A…
Facts: The Complainant commenced employment with the Respondent as a healthcare assistant…
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Developments - July 30th, 2021
Update On Irish Employment Legislation
The Government has recently published the General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures…
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Developments - June 14th, 2021
Rights For Employees Working For…
Employees working for an insolvent company will have to be given at least 30 days’ notice of…
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Developments - June 14th, 2021
Significant Changes Proposed in the…
In 2019 the EU passed a Directive requiring each EU country bring in legally binding…
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Developments - February 1st, 2021
‘Making Remote Work’ – National…
The Government’s Remote Working Strategy (the “National Strategy”) has been published …
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Developments - February 1st, 2021
New Code Of Practice For…
In a welcome development for employers and employees, the Health and Safety…
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Developments - October 17th, 2019
Parent’s Leave and Benefit Bill…
The Parent’s Leave and Benefit Bill 2019, (Bill) will entitle each of the working parent of the new-born…
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Developments - July 31st, 2019
Significant ruling from UK Supreme…
The Supreme Court in the UK recently handed down a landmark judgement in which…
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Developments - June 30th, 2019
Further proposals to criminalise for…
The private members Bill the Organisation of Working Time (Workers’ Rights…
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Developments - June 4th, 2019
Legislative Update
On the 22nd May, the Parental Leave (Amendment) Act 2019 was signed into law and introduce…
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Developments - January 31st, 2019
AMENDMENTS TO WORKING TIME REQUIREMENTS…
On Thursday 20th December 2018, Regina Doherty, Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection…
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Developments - October 1st, 2018
The increasing significance of work-life…
There has been increasing legislative activity in both Ireland and the EU this year regarding the issue of “family-friendly” employment…
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Developments - August 13th, 2018
Why minister should first check…
Why minister should first check up on contract law if axe is to fall on O’Brien
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Developments - June 1st, 2018
Significant changes made to ‘zero…
Last week a number of significant amendments to the Employment (Miscellaneous) Bill were agreed to. These amendments appear to be big
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Developments - March 29th, 2018
New Sectoral Employment Order for…
The Sectoral Employment Order (Mechanical Engineering Building Services Contracting Sector) 2018 (“SEO”) has been signed into law
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Developments - February 8th, 2018
The Mediation Act 2017 came…
The Mediation Act 2017 came into effect as of 1st January 2018. The prime objective of the Act is to promote mediation as an effective and efficient
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Developments - February 8th, 2018
Retirement Code of Practice published…
The issue of mandatory retirement age remains an extremely contentious issue both legally and politically. The increasing number of age
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Developments - December 21st, 2017
Transparency under the General Data…
The EU Article 29 Working Party (WP29) has recently published guidelines on the obligation of transparency concerning the processing of
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Developments - December 1st, 2017
High Court compels Defendant to…
On 24th November 2017 Ms Justice Baker in the case of Susquehanna International Group Limited v Daniel Needham (2016 No.3300P)
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Developments - November 1st, 2017
WRC awards €16,640 for victimisation…
On 6th October 2017, the Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) issued a decision (ADJ- 00005899 – An Employee v. A Transport Company)
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Developments - November 1st, 2017
The limitations of an Employer’s…
The limitations of an Employer’s duty of care to its employees was recently confirmed by the High Court decision of Mr Justice Bernard J. in Fagan v.
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Developments - June 15th, 2017
New entitlement to legal representation…
Employers should take note of the recent decision of Justice Eagar in Lyons v. Longford Westmeath Education and Training Board [2017] IEHC 272
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Developments - April 19th, 2017
AOC guidelines for employers in…
The Protected Disclosure Act 2014 (the “Act”) was introduced to give protection to all workers who makes a protected disclosure
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Developments - March 16th, 2017
Collective bargaining in Non-union companies
The Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 (the “2015 Act”), which came into force on 1 August 2015, was implemented to address
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