Friday Round Up in Ireland 24/11/2023

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 24/11/2023 This week's top 5: Sam Altman to return as OpenAI CEO, company says, after his chaotic dismissal Extreme weather to overtake cyber attacks as top business concern by 2030 Unemployment benefit will be linked to pay for first nine months in welfare system shake-up Bullying is rife within the workpla...

Friday Round Up in Ireland 17/11/2023

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 17/11/2023 This week's top 5: RTÉ appears to be in serious plight with a need to reduce costs There are many other Workforce Challenges across the board as well…. Court awards HSE care assistant almost €400,000 after ladder fall at Maternity hospital State must do more to end violence against women Annual Re...

Friday Round Up in Ireland 10/11/2023

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 10/11/2023 This week's top 5: A restaurant with a "chronic, institutional failure" to honour shift breaks has been ordered to pay over €62,000 for multiple labour law breaches. Annual Review Session of the Week: Zero Tolerance: Tackling Bullying and Harassment Head-On ‘I had staff who were homeless’ – provid...

Friday Round Up in Ireland 03/11/2023

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 03/11/2023 This week's top 5: First WRC decision on Statutory Sick Pay The Philip Lee Guide to: The Revenue Commissioners -V- Karshan Midlands Ltd T/A Dominos Pizza Extreme Weather - advice and assistance Robert De Niro's courtroom drama as he is accused by former executive assistant Responding to Domestic ...

Friday Round Up in Ireland: 27/10/2023

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 27/10/2023 This week's top 5: Domino’s Pizza driver ruling could have wide-ranging implications Workplace fatalities drop to lowest number since 1989, says HSA Staff views on remote work among top issues for company bosses, new survey finds Half of African professionals in Ireland would like to see job appli...

Friday Round Up in Ireland 20/10/2023

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 20/10/2023 This week's top 5: Three quarters of employers don't enlist external help for investigations Ireland needs to recruit 1,000 cybersecurity workers per year to meet demand 55% of people think work-life balance is a key ingredient for happiness Business leaders not aware of scope of EU AI legislation...

Friday Round Up in Ireland: 13/10/2023

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 13/10/2023 This week's top 5: Budget 2024: Main Points Business leaders unprepared for AI future – IMI Annual Review Session of the Week: Restructuring and Employment Law – What do you need to be aware of in 2024? World Mental Health Day: Financial stress increasingly impacting employees Blog: ROI Employmen...

Friday Round Up in Ireland: 06/10/2023

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 06/10/2023 This week's top 5: Republic ahead of Northern Ireland for embracing remote working – study One in three hiding AI use from bosses, is this acceptable? Annual Review Session of the Week - Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty-four? How to handle compulsory retirement and th...

Friday Round Up in Ireland: 29/09/2023

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 29/09/2023 This week's top 5: Case Review: Catherine Kelly v An Post ADJ-00040021 Shutting down Uber? Employment status and the EU’s proposed Platform Work Directive Annual Review Session of the Week - Regulating use of ChatGPT and AI at Work – Reducing the Risks While Ramping Up the Benefits Absence during ...

Friday Round Up in Ireland: 22/09/2023

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 22/09/2023 This week's top 5: An Post ordered to pay postal operative €53,560 after she was sexually harassed Auto-enrollment pension plan to be up and running in 2024, says minister Equal Pay Day 2023: where are we on the gender pay gap? Bullying, harassment and sexual harassment in the workplace - Law Soci...