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Protected Disclosures Act and Code of Practise on Whistle-blowers

Protected Disclosures Act The Protected Disclosures Act 2014 provides a statutory framework whereby employees can raise concerns and disclose infor... Read More

31 August 2015 By Patrick Whelan

Redundancy: Correct procedure = correct result

In order to make a position redundant, it is not enough to be able to satisfy that a genuine redundancy situation applies. This can be an annoyance fo... Read More

31 August 2015 By Patrick Whelan

Retirement and fixed term contracts

There seems to be quite a grey area when it comes to retirement and the ability to retire staff.  Previously if a Company had a compulsory retirement ... Read More

31 August 2015 By Patrick Whelan

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Collective Bargaining Legislation Now in Force

The Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 was signed by the President on 22 July 2015 and is in force as of 01 August 2015. This Act greatly amend... Read More

31 August 2015 By Patrick Whelan

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Employees to Accrue Annual Leave on Sick Leave from 01 August 2015

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Employees to Accrue Annual Leave on Sick Leave from 01 August 2015 Minister for Business and Employment, Ged Nash, has announced ... Read More

04 August 2015 By Patrick Whelan

Data Protection Annual Report 2014 - Important Updates on Using Private Investigators and Subject Access Requests

The 2014 Annual Report for the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) has been published and, as always, it makes for some interesting reading. Some of th... Read More

31 July 2015 By Patrick Whelan

Low Pay Commission Propose €0.50 Increase to National Minimum Wage

Employers may have noticed this month that the Minister for Business and Employment, Ged Nash, has been issued a report by the new Low Pay Commission ... Read More

30 July 2015 By Patrick Whelan

Working in confined spaces

Work in confined spaces Confined spaces are significantly more hazardous than normal workplaces. The enclosed nature of the confined space always magn... Read More

30 July 2015 By Patrick Whelan

Key Update: Working Time and Field Based Employees

Key Update: Working Time and Field Based Employees In a very important update, an Advocate of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has... Read More

30 July 2015 By Patrick Whelan

Employee Dismissed over Facebook Photo Wins Unfair Dismissal

Social media and how it relates to the workplace is one of those areas that every employer is unsure of. This is because social media is a relatively ... Read More

30 June 2015 By Patrick Whelan

Managing Sickness Absence and An Update on the Workplace Relations Act

In last month’s edition of the BLE we brought you updates on the Workplace Relations Act. There have been further developments as to when this Act wil... Read More

29 June 2015 By Patrick Whelan

CLP (Classification, Labelling and Packaging) Regulation

Since the 1st June 2015 the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation applies in full to Ireland. CLP is a European Union regulation wh... Read More

29 June 2015 By Patrick Whelan

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