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Friday Round Up in Ireland 09/08/2024

Posted in : Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 9 August 2024
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Issues covered: Disability discrimination; AI avatars in HR; AI use in Irish PR industry; Government pension awareness campaign; Linguistic discrimination

This week's top 5:

  1. ‘They hang up unless you sound Irish’ – Is accent prejudice ‘normalised’?
  2. Unemployment rises to 30-month high of 4.7%
  3. Ireland ranks second in Europe for remote and hybrid work despite mismatch of supply and demand
  4. 3 Reasons why it’s unethical to discuss politics at work
  5. Collective Redundancies – What’s Changed?

And in other news………….The Rise of the Avatar in the Workplace. Time for HR to Take Note? Listen here!

CONTENTS

  1. Case Law Review
  2. AI and Employment Law
  3. Government needs to explain auto-enrolment to workers, says industry expert
  4. Remote and Flexible Working
  5. ‘They hang up unless you sound Irish’ – Is accent prejudice ‘normalised’?
  6. Unemployment rises to 30-month high

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