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Can A Dismissal Be a Fair Dismissal? Read Our Top 10 Tips

In the world of employment law we sometimes lose sight of the fact that not every dismissal is an unfair dismissal. Each and every day there is some e... Read More

29 April 2014 By Keith Lowther

Minister Announces The Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014

On 23rd April 2014, in an effort to addresses legislative deficiencies identified in the Muhammad Younis case, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and... Read More

25 April 2014 By Keith Lowther

Do You Have Staff Who Drive for Work?

Do any of your staff drive for work? Employees on the road are on average the most at risk group in a organisation, and numerous pieces of legislation... Read More

23 April 2014 By Keith Lowther

BusinessSafe: Safety Management & Risk Assessment

The tragic case of a fatality in a bar in Tallaght recently leaves the owners facing a possible custodial sentence of up to 2 years in jail. The case ... Read More

15 April 2014 By Keith Lowther

Small Policies Can Make A Big Difference

We have previously looked at how the absence of any documentation or policies & procedures can make it very difficult for an employer to successfu... Read More

31 March 2014 By Keith Lowther

We Are Hiring; Join Irelands Leading Provider of HR

Due to the on-going expansion on our service in Ireland and Northern Ireland, Peninsula Business Services (Ireland) Ltd. has opportunities for those i... Read More

26 March 2014 By Keith Lowther

Case Highlights Threshold for Discrimination Claims to be Successful

A recent ruling from the Equality Tribunal gives a good indication of the criteria to be satisfied before it is ruled than an employee suffered discri... Read More

26 March 2014 By Keith Lowther

Why You Should Manage Lateness In The Workplace

Why you should manage lateness in the workplace A lot of employers, and unfortunately employees, can have a lax attitude to lateness. If an employee... Read More

26 March 2014 By Keith Lowther

Simple Safety or Stupid Safety?

A new survey in the UK, by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), has revealed the lengths some small firms mistakenly go to trying to comply with hea... Read More

26 March 2014 By Keith Lowther

Will We Be Adding A New Public Holiday to the Spring Calendar?

It is 12 months since Aengus Ó Snodaigh introduced a Bill to make the 24th April of each year a new Public Holiday called ‘Lá na Poblachta’. The purpo... Read More

26 March 2014 By Keith Lowther

Claims in Court

A number of events in the courts have caught my attention and I feel they are relevant and of interested to the readers of Bottom Line Express. The fi... Read More

26 March 2014 By Keith Lowther

European Court Issues Ruling Rejecting Maternity Leave for Surrogate Mothers

We had previously posted that this case would be one to watch and the final determination when reached would have some significance to the Irish Emplo... Read More

20 March 2014 By Keith Lowther

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