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Recent Blog Posts By Patrick Whelan

Landmark Cases - County Dublin VEC and O'Grady and Others - Fixed Term Workers

In a landmark case on the distinction between fixed-term contracts and contracts of indefinite duration, the Labour Court has determined that the incl... Read More

23 July 2012 By Patrick Whelan

Redundancies - The Facts Part 2

In our previous post we gave a general outline of the genuine reasons for a redundancy and what should be incorporated into a redundancy rationale. ... Read More

19 July 2012 By Patrick Whelan

Labour Court Calls For Public Sector Sick Pay To Be Halved

In what will be regarded as a landmark step in Public Sector Reform, The Labour Court Chairman, Kevin Duffy, today issued a recommendation that from 2... Read More

19 July 2012 By Patrick Whelan

Redundancy - The Facts Part 1

We have seen a number of stories in the news in recent days and weeks relating to Redundancy in one form or another, most recently the ongoing issue w... Read More

18 July 2012 By Patrick Whelan

Inclement Weather - What Are An Employers Options?

This week has seen some very unpredicatable weather with extreme showers one minute and warm sunny spells another, and recent bouts of heavy flooding ... Read More

17 July 2012 By Patrick Whelan

Employment Law Reform: New Release of Workplace Relations Complaint Form

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) have announced the latest release (Version 3) of the Workplace Relations Complaint Form. The form, which i... Read More

13 July 2012 By Patrick Whelan

Resignations - Straight Forward or Cause for Concern?

An Irish Times article today highlighted the recent decision of the Harbour Master of State-owned Dún Laoghaire Port Company to resign his position af... Read More

10 July 2012 By Patrick Whelan

GOAL CEO Secures Injunction

The Chief Executive of GOAL has been granted a temporary High Court order restraining any steps by the agency to suspend him or deal with his employme... Read More

10 July 2012 By Patrick Whelan

Landmark Cases - Mason -v- Supermacs - Calling the Gardai

In the case of Employee v Employer UD661/2010 and MN617/2010  the employee was awared over €33,000, as the Tribunal felt the Company had "acted too ha... Read More

09 July 2012 By Patrick Whelan

Legislating For A Worldclass Workplace Relations Service Submission

Minister Richard Bruton (pictured left) has today unveiled his submission to the Oireachtas Committee on Jobs Enterprise and Innovation, for the refor... Read More

06 July 2012 By Patrick Whelan

Landmark Cases - Settlement Agreements - Caruana v Fruit of the Loom

Further to our recent post on Settlement Agreements, we have decided to look at the case of Caruana -v- Fruit of the Loom International Ltd. (2011 IEH... Read More

04 July 2012 By Patrick Whelan

Equal Pay? - Not in Tennis Apparently

Former Professional Tennis Player Goran Ivanisevic has publicly stated that current mens players should complain about their rate of pay in comparison... Read More

03 July 2012 By Patrick Whelan

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