Comparative Employment Law Table: Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great Britain

Posted in: Comparative Employment Law Table on 22/05/2023 This Comparative Employment Law Table outlines the key differences between GB, NI and ROI employment laws as of 22nd May 2023. The purpose of this table is to provide a handy reference guide, complete with links to relevant legislation and other documents in the hope that this will assist you to u...

Comparative Table Webinar - Sick Leave Legislation

Posted in: Comparative Employment Law Table on 23/09/2022 This webinar is part of the Comparative Law series with Lewis Silkin and addresses the recently introduced sick leave legislation in Ireland, which provides employees, for the first time, with a legal right to sick leave paid by their employer. Niamh Crotty, Senior Associate of Lewis Silkin, disc...

Comparative Employment Law Update: Equality laws - fit for purpose or ripe for reform?

Posted in: Comparative Employment Law Table on 23/06/2022 In the second installment of a series of webinars discussing comparative laws on the island of Ireland and GB, Lewis Silkin and Legal Island will discuss equality laws in GB, NI and ROI including: An analysis of the types of discrimination claims across GB, NI and ROI – what are the trends or ...

Comparative Employment Law Update March 2022 - [Webinar]

Posted in: Comparative Employment Law Table on 24/03/2022 Our Comparative Employment Law Table has been updated and expanded to include recent Republic of Ireland developments (of which there are many). In this webinar, Ciara Fulton and Síobhra Rush of Lewis Silkin joined Legal Island's Rolanda Markey to take a deep dive into the Table and discuss new wa...

Comparative Employment Law Ireland, NI & GB

Posted in: Comparative Employment Law Table on 03/03/2022 This comparative employment law table outlines the key differences between GB, NI and Ireland as at 28th February 2022. The purpose of this Table is to provide a handy reference guide, complete with links to relevant legislation and other documents in the hope that this will assist you to understa...

Family Friendly Rights Comparison: Ireland, NI and GB

Posted in: Comparative Employment Law Table on 20/08/2018 This podcast summarises developments pertaining to family friendly and parental rights, including, shared parental leave, flexible working, grandparental leave, bereavement leave and paternity leave. The following recording features of voices of Mark McAllister, an employment relations manager from...

Employment Tribunal Procedures Comparison: Ireland, NI and GB

Posted in: Comparative Employment Law Table on 20/08/2018 In this podcast our experts outline the tribunal/adjudication processes in Northern Ireland, Ireland and GB, highlighting the key differences and the avenues for appeal. The podcast considers the areas of Costs; Early Conciliation; LRA; Acas; Workplace Relations Act 2015; Labour Court. The followin...

National Minimum Wage Comparison: Ireland, NI and GB

Posted in: Comparative Employment Law Table on 20/08/2018 In this podcast our experts explain that, in the UK, the national minimum wage is revised every year based on the Low Pay Commissions' recommendation and announced in April. In Ireland, the national minimum wage has always been a good bit higher. Similarly, the Low Pay Commission makes a recommenda...

Zero-hour Contracts Comparison: Ireland, NI and GB

Posted in: Comparative Employment Law Table on 20/08/2018 Zero-hours contracts are useful where the work demands are irregular or there's not a constant demand for staff. It can provide a level of flexibility for the individual, allowing them to work around other commitments, for example, childcare. However, one of the key difficulties associated with zer...

Working Time Rights Comparison: Ireland, NI and GB

Posted in: Comparative Employment Law Table on 20/08/2018 This podcast discusses developments in relation to working time, most of which are driven by case law. The vast majority of developments in working time have been fact-sensitive cases, mostly to do with the notion of holiday pay as opposed to issues of rest, which the legislation was designed to ad...