Stress at work can happen to anyone, at any time. So you must make sure that work doesn’t endanger your employees’ health. Only place reasonable deman... Read More
19 September 2017 By Patrick Whelan
What should employers do if employees falsify records? The revelation that more than 1.45 million roadside breath tests recorded across Ireland by me... Read More
08 September 2017 By Patrick Whelan
It’s often difficult to establish what date should be considered the date of termination when an employee has been dismissed. The difficulty arises du... Read More
30 August 2017 By Patrick Whelan
The rules surrounding disciplinary procedures can be a little complex at times, especially when deciding what factors to take into account during the ... Read More
29 August 2017 By Patrick Whelan
As an employer, you have a wide range of responsibilities when it comes to health and safety at work – but your employees are also required to comply ... Read More
Having a genuine reason to instigate redundancies and following a fair process is essential if you want to avoid any potential claims from employees. ... Read More
If you’re faced with dealing with a disciplinary but decide you want to dismiss the employee rather than see the process through to the end, you may w... Read More
It’s estimated that millions of people are engaged in independent work – or as it’s otherwise known, the ‘gig economy’. Here we take a look at what it... Read More
01 August 2017 By Patrick Whelan
With the August bank holiday approaching, our 24-hour Advice Service will be busy with queries in respect of public holiday entitlements, so we though... Read More
31 July 2017 By Patrick Whelan
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into effect from May 2018, replacing the existing data protection framework. This legislation ... Read More
Employers are often visited by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) asking to inspect employee records such as payslips, employment contracts, ann... Read More
For the vast majority of people, their gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth. However, for a small number of people, this is not... Read More