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Recent Blog Posts By Stephanie Byrne-Roche

Employee Granted Injunction After Threatening to Come to Work "Armed"

An employee of ESB International has been granted an injunction by the High Court so as to prevent his dismissal and to require the employer to contin... Read More

28 April 2013 By Stephanie Byrne-Roche

Weapons of Mass Destruction - on your back seat!

Minister for Transport, Leo Varakdar was in the media spotlight recently in relation to consulting with the Road Safety Authority about keeping dogs r... Read More

28 April 2013 By Stephanie Byrne-Roche

Workplace Disputes and the Benefits of Mediation

Have you ever encountered disputing employees in your workplace? If so then you will be aware of the absolutely detrimental impact that such a dispute... Read More

28 April 2013 By Stephanie Byrne-Roche

Bite Size HR: Reform of Joint Labour Committees

Richard Bruton TD, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation welcomed receipt of the Report of the Labour Court’s Review on the Reform of the Joint... Read More

26 April 2013 By Stephanie Byrne-Roche

BusinessSafe: Weapons of Mass Destruction - on your back seat

Minister for Transport, Leo Varakdar was in the media spotlight recently in relation to consulting with the Road Safety Authority about keeping dogs r... Read More

26 April 2013 By Stephanie Byrne-Roche

Peninsula In the Media: ISEC 2013 Ireland's Security and Fire Expo

ISEC 2013 was run at City West on 10th/11th April 2013, with many companies exhibiting their services. An exhibition stand was jointly utilised by the... Read More

26 April 2013 By Stephanie Byrne-Roche

Obligation to give a fair hearing to the guilty, is just as great as the obligation to give a fair hearing to the innocent

We have in the past stressed the importance of providing a fair hearing to employees when it comes to disciplinary matters, and most importantly where... Read More

25 April 2013 By Stephanie Byrne-Roche

Bite Size HR: Random Audits of Employment Conditions

As reported on RTE.ie, the Department of Education has ordered random audits of school building projects. The audit is an effort to ensure that cont... Read More

24 April 2013 By Stephanie Byrne-Roche

Mandatory Pensions, and Pension Age may increased based on OECD Report

A report by the  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on a Review of the Irish Pension System has found that the “simplest, l... Read More

23 April 2013 By Stephanie Byrne-Roche

BusinessSafe: Hotel Worker Awarded €50,000 for Injury

A hotel worker in Kilkenny has been awarded €50,000 in a high court decision as she was injured when the door of the room she was cleaning slammed shu... Read More

19 April 2013 By Stephanie Byrne-Roche

Bite Size HR: Resignations...say it with a cake!

In one of the most original methods of resigning an employee is the UK has tendered his resignation by spelling it out on a cake. As reported by RTE... Read More

18 April 2013 By Stephanie Byrne-Roche

Employee's Breach of Social Networking Policy Still Sees €18,000 Payout from Marks & Spencer

Social Networking is once again to the fore with a recent Tribunal awarding €18,000 to an employee following their dismissal. The employee, who was ... Read More

16 April 2013 By Stephanie Byrne-Roche

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