Insights 1st November 2017

WRC determine that termination at age 66 is discriminatory

The WRC upheld a bookkeepers claim of discriminatory termination when her employer terminated her contract on reaching the age of 66. The claimant submitted that mandatory retirement on the basis of age was prima facia discrimination save where it could...

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Developments 15th June 2017

New entitlement to legal representation in bullying investigations?

Employers should take note of the recent decision of Justice Eagar in Lyons v. Longford Westmeath Education and Training Board [2017] IEHC 272 regarding bullying investigations which could have a drastic impact on how employers conduct their internal procedures. It...

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Developments 19th April 2017

AOC guidelines for employers in dealing with protected disclosures

The Protected Disclosure Act 2014 (the “Act”) was introduced to give protection to all workers who makes a protected disclosure also known as whistleblowing. The Act provides protection to all workers including employees, contractors, agency workers and trainees. In respect...

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Insights 16th March 2017

AOC Overview of Irish Employment Law

This overview gives an introduction to the principal areas of employment law which affect business in Ireland. Statute law and decisions of courts and the Workplace Relations Commission (formerly tribunals) impact on all aspects of the relationship between employer and...

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Insights 16th March 2017

The importance of a comprehensive social media policy for employees

Recent case law has highlighted how the lack of a social media policy can have disastrous consequences for employers. In the High Court case of Bank of Ireland v. O’Reilly (2015) an employee was dismissed for forwarding allegedly pornographic emails...

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Developments 16th March 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 the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision of Ryanair v. The Labour Court [2007]. While the 2015 Act does...

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News 16th March 2017

AOC Solicitors Update on the proposed Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age Bill

At the Dáil debate on the 23.2.2017 the Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2016 was referred to the Selection Committee on Justice and Equality. It is worth noting that while the Bill envisages the unilateral abolition of...

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News 16th March 2017

Incapacity dismissals & reasonable accommodation

In light of a number of recent decisions which made awards against employers and an employment agency for discriminatory dismissal on the ground of disability and the employers’ failure to reasonably accommodate the employee in question, this article sets out...

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Insights 16th March 2017

Employment Permits – Useful Tips for Employers

WHO NEEDS AN EMPLOYMENT PERMIT? Non-EEA nationals require employment permits to work in Ireland. It does not grant a person entry into the country. An Employer will be deemed to be committing an offence if the employee is a non-EEA...

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