The use of vehicle tracking devices in company vehicles is becoming very prevalent in modern employment relationships. More and more companies are tak... Read More
29 April 2015 By Keith Lowther
After eleven months of continuous attempts to bring the issue of variable working arrangements in Dunnes Stores to the fore, MANDATE trade union have ... Read More
It is a fact that fewer accidents means less sick leave, which results in lower costs and less disruption to the production process. It also saves emp... Read More
Drivers at Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann have voted overwhelmingly to back strike action in protest at the potential privatisation of 10% of routes. Whil... Read More
20 April 2015 By Keith Lowther
The Contract Cleaning JLC published its draft Employment Regulation Order (ERO) for the industry on Wednesday 25 March 2015 and will be inviting submi... Read More
08 April 2015 By Keith Lowther
Fighting in the Workplace Most readers will be aware of the heavily publicised issue of Jeremy Clarkson’s recent bust-up with the BBC. It this alle... Read More
25 March 2015 By Keith Lowther
Indirect discrimination is quite often an unintentional means of discrimination but it can be every bit as costly as direct and deliberate discriminat... Read More
The Employment Equality Acts 1998 - 2011 currently provides for nine equality grounds, namely gender, age, race, sexual orientation, civil status, fam... Read More
Many of us aware of the potential risks in terms of an unfair dismissal or constructive dismissal claim. If an employee is found to be unfairly dismis... Read More
Over the last 7 years, a significant number of companies have faced financial difficulty, often necessitating making employees redundant. However, it ... Read More
Over the recent years there has been a number of legal cases regarding personal injury claims by employees. Two recent High Court judgements have prov... Read More
It would very much appear that they can. In this article we explore the recent decision of the High Court in Brady –v- Employment Appeals Tribunal [20... Read More
25 February 2015 By Keith Lowther