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Can your employees bring lawyers to internal workplace hearings?

Like all legal questions, there is no simple yes or no answer. In a welcome development, however, the Supreme Court has clarified that employees have ... Read More

22 November 2019 By Alan Hickey

The irresistible rise of the paid parental leave policy

Last Thursday Vodafone Ireland announced that employees will benefit from an entitlement to 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave from April 2020.  He... Read More

15 November 2019 By Alan Hickey

Health & safety risks highlighted by HSA

The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) recently published its Annual Report for 2018. The report provides insight into how health & safety risks ca... Read More

04 November 2019 By Alan Hickey

Brexit and climate change dictate Budget 2020

Brexit cast a long shadow over the announcement of Budget 2020. The government statements leading up to this year’s Budget advised that there would be... Read More

10 October 2019 By Alan Hickey

5 steps to avoiding National Minimum Wage pitfalls

Calculating the National Minimum Wage (NMW) isn’t as easy as you might think. Despite recent changes to the NMW, employers are still unsure of what to... Read More

02 September 2019 By Alan Hickey

Employer update: Your employees already enjoy a ‘right to disconnect’

As a small business owner, you make yourself available 24/7. You have to, your business depends on it. The same rules don’t apply to your employees. ... Read More

21 August 2019 By Alan Hickey

Long-running reasonable accommodation claim continues

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Labour Court must reconsider the case of Marie Daly, a Special Needs Assistant (SNA) who was deemed incapable of ... Read More

13 August 2019 By Alan Hickey

Using tips to subsidise wages to be outlawed

Using tips to subsidise wages to be outlawed The hospitality sector will be closely watching recent developments in relation to the treatment of tips ... Read More

27 June 2019 By Alan Hickey

Diageo equalises parental leave for Irish employees

Diageo makes bold move to equalise maternity and paternity leave Diageo, the company behind Guinness and other leading drinks brands this week announc... Read More

30 May 2019 By Alan Hickey

Bogus self-employment next on government’s agenda

Bogus self-employment practices next on Government agenda The Government is exploring proposals aimed at clamping down on bogus self-employment practi... Read More

01 May 2019 By Alan Hickey

Have your say on where the National Training Fund is allocated

Future Jobs Ireland – have your say The Government launched Future Jobs Ireland this month as part of an overall strategy to ensure that the workforce... Read More

04 April 2019 By Alan Hickey

Extensive employment law reforms to commence in March 2019

The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018, (the Act) cleared all stages in both houses of the Oireachtas prior to Christmas and has been sign... Read More

07 February 2019 By Alan Hickey

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