Proposal by Minister Burton to place sick pay for the first four weeks on employer A whirl wind of employer upset, uproar and, above all, anger... Read More
25 November 2011 By Keith Lowther
A recent case involving the well-known Irish retail organisation, Dunne’s Stores, highlights the importance of disciplinary procedures when looking to... Read More
On the 2ndDecember 2010 the government announced that they were to implement a reduction of 10% in relation to the salary scale and fixed allowances f... Read More
Up to one third of all road collisions in Ireland are estimated to involve drivers who are using their vehicle for work. This means that a minimum of ... Read More
Section 4 of the Unfair Dismissal Acts highlights that potentially fair reasons for dismissal may be based on the capability and competence of the emp... Read More
The Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (the DJEI) has undertaken a massive programme for the reformation of the State’s employment rights a... Read More
We all know that employment law is a minefield. Sometimes it may feel like there is legislation for everything and often there are lots of ‘buzz-words... Read More
Every year, at this time, we in Peninsula’s Health and Safety Consultancy are amazed by the press and media reports quoting health and safety as the r... Read More
The summer is well and truly gone, as it the Indian summer we were all promised. We are now in the depths of autumn and winter is just around... Read More
28 October 2011 By Keith Lowther
Cases and Comment: Caruana -v- Fruit of the Loom International Ltd [2011 IEHC 130] This is an interesting case in that it concerns the validity of co... Read More
As an update to last month’s article on the recent spate of redundancies in Ireland there has been a lot of media coverage on this topic in t... Read More