Review of Recent Employment Developments in Ireland 12/08/2022

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 12/08/2022 This week's top 5: Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation, Are Businesses Getting It Right? Diversity Officer Held Guilty Of Discrimination For Assuming Her Colleague Was ‘Oppressed’ Cork Firm Launches Free Cybersecurity Course For Women 'Quiet Quitting': How Should HR Manage It? What Makes a Job ...

Review of Recent Employment Developments in Ireland 05/08/2022

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 05/08/2022 This week's top 5: Approval to Draft New Legislation to Tackle Human Trafficking Trouble Ahead If More Employers Don’t Increase Pay? Employment Permits System to be Modernised Reform of Personal Injuries Landscape in Ireland Long Covid Symptoms Develop in One in Eight Patients And in other news……...

Review of Recent Employment Developments in Ireland 29/07/2022

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 29/07/2022 This week's top 5: And it's goodbye from him....................... Sick Pay and Tips Legislation published Radical shake-up of Ireland’s pension system signalled The higher risk and cost of data breaches with Remote Working Government approves expansion of the Data Protection Commission And in o...

Review of Recent Employment Developments in Ireland 22/7/2022

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 22/07/2022 This week's top 5: Sick Leave Act signed by President Payment of Wages (Amendment)(Tips and Gratuities) Act 2022 also signed by President IHREC reports that 36% of contacts about employment Has the Impact of COVID-19 changed the nature of responsible leadership for good? 57% of women feel obligate...

Review of Recent Employment Developments in Ireland 15/7/2022

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 15/07/2022 This week's top 5: Sick Leave Bill 2022 Ulster Bank to Pay Additional 4% to Staff on Up to €45,300 Less Than a Quarter of C-suite Positions in Ireland Held by Women Former Walt Disney World Employees Suing Over Firing Due to Covid and Christian Beliefs UK CIPD Publishes Report on Collective Employ...

Review of Recent Employment Developments in Ireland 8/7/2022

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 08/07/2022 This week's top stories: Recommendations for improving the Right to Request Remote Work Bill published. Sick Leave Bill passed to President to be signed into law. WRC and Labour Court publish Annual Reports. State Pension Age should not go beyond 66. Bank of Ireland opens 11 remote working hubs. ...

Review of Recent Employment Developments in Ireland 1/7/2022

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 01/07/2022 This week's top 5: Statutory domestic violence leave to be introduced this year. New voucher scheme for remote working goes live. Sick Leave Bill - daily rate of SSP debated this week. Ban on service charges unless they are treated as tips. European Accessibility Act is in force from this week. ...

Review of Recent Employment Developments in Ireland 24/6/2022

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 24/06/2022 This week's top 5: Employees in financial services want remote working options. Fines of €40,000 issued arising from data protection failings from a Whistleblowing App. Labour Court Publishes Annual Report. Iarnród Éireann agrees five year pay deal. Budget 2023 will focus on cost of living includ...

Review of Recent Employment Developments in Ireland 17/6/2022

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 17/06/2022 This week's top 5: Living wage for all employees to start from next year. More women in the workplace would reduce poverty. Web3 - the latest stage of the internet will impact HR. Office workers are more prone to suffering heart attacks and strokes. Ban on use of agency staff in GB to break strike...

Review of Recent Employment Developments in Ireland 10/6/2022

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 10/06/2022 This week's top 5: The Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 has commenced and larger organisations need to select their snapshot date this month* Two-thirds of Irish employers are apparently unprepared for the new whistleblowing laws* The government has launched a series of new initiatives to suppo...