14 August 2018 Draft Bill on Shared Maternity Leave is Introduced in the Dáil Fianna Fáil recently introduced a draft bill which would allow new parents to share the 26-week period of ordinary... Read more
08 August 2018 Bookmaker Ordered to Award Employees up to €1,000 for Breaches of Working Time Laws Paddy Power PLC suffered a bloody nose after 14 employees lodged successful claims against the gambling giant in the... Read more
03 August 2018 Labour Court Warning to Employers on Excessive Working Hours The Labour Court has ordered an employer to pay a former business development executive €7,500 for persistent... Read more
02 August 2018 Key Facts and Figures from Health & Safety Authority Annual Report 2017 The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has submitted its annual report for 2017 to Pat Breen TD, Minister for Trade,... Read more
31 July 2018 An Unfair Dismissal Verdict Will Not Always Be Accompanied by an Order to Compensate the Dismissed Employee A recent Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) decision confirms that an unfair dismissal will not always lead to the... Read more
30 July 2018 Employing Children and Young Persons Since the 1st of November, 2007 Chapter 1 of Part 6 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application)... Read more
27 July 2018 What to Expect When a Workplace Relations Commission Hearing Date is Coming The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is part of a relatively new legal framework that determines employment law... Read more
13 July 2018 Long-Term Absence of Employees – Minimise the Risks The risk of losing an employee on long-term absence due to illness is very real and one that employers should guard... Read more
12 July 2018 Costly Failure to Apply Fair Procedures in Gross Misconduct Case It is critical for employers to follow fair procedures and the principles of natural justice during all dismissal... Read more
11 July 2018 Proposal for an EU Directive on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions As part of the European Pillar of Social Rights, the European Commission published a proposal in December 2017 to... Read more
