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Recent Blog Posts By Patrick Whelan

When do I need to report an accident to the Health and Safety Authority ?

How major does the accident have to be? Recording and reporting work related accidents are a legal requirement. Reports made under the Notification... Read More

26 June 2013 By Patrick Whelan

Grievances, Bullying & Harassment - Why Knowing the Difference Can Save Your Business

Employers often find themselves dealing with an extremely upset employee who is claiming that they have a grievance, are being harassed and/or are bei... Read More

24 June 2013 By Patrick Whelan

Bite Size HR: Workplace Bullies; The Ugly Truth

In an article from today's Metro Herald it was revealed that following research from an associate professor at Michigan State University, a link has b... Read More

21 June 2013 By Patrick Whelan

Peninsula Business Services is seeking a Freelance Associate Seminar Presenter

Peninsula Business Services (Ireland) Ltd is seeking a Freelance Associate Seminar Presenter to enhance our Events team, and cover the areas of Galway... Read More

20 June 2013 By Patrick Whelan

Bite Size HR: House of the Oireachtas Appears Before the EAT

Reported in today's Irish Independent, a former secretary for Independent TD Thomas Pringle has told how she was fired from her job two days after rec... Read More

19 June 2013 By Patrick Whelan

Bite Size HR: Joan Burton calls for increase to Minimum Wage

Joan Burton, Minister for Social Protection, has come under enormous criticism from the Irish Small And Medium Enterprises Association (ISME) as a res... Read More

17 June 2013 By Patrick Whelan

Equality Tribunal Awards Employees over €100,000 Compensation in Decisions from May 2013 Alone!

Each month the Equality Tribunal will publish the decisions of cases from the previous month and they are broken down into those claims that are uphel... Read More

17 June 2013 By Patrick Whelan

Bite Size HR: New Legislation to Legalise Transfers within the Public Service

As reported in the most recent edition of the IRN about 140 civil and public servants who are currently on secondment will be able to have their posit... Read More

14 June 2013 By Patrick Whelan

Employee or Self Employed...How can you tell?

We have previously posted on the difference between a contract of service and a contract for service, however a recent case provides a good illustrati... Read More

13 June 2013 By Patrick Whelan

Eradicating Problem Behaviour in a Business

When a new manager, or management team, take over a business there are usually some changes involved. Some may come in the form of operating procedure... Read More

11 June 2013 By Patrick Whelan

BusinessSafe: Employers Take Note...The Numbers Don't Lie!

The Health and Safety Review magazine has published a supplement with their most recent issue which sets out some interesting statistics for workplace... Read More

10 June 2013 By Patrick Whelan

Maternity Leave: What You Need To Know

We posted this week that as of the 1st July 2013 Maternity Benefit will be taxable, and we posted previously about dealing with return to work arrange... Read More

07 June 2013 By Patrick Whelan

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