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

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 07/01/2022 A Happy New Year to all our readers and welcome back to our weekly updates on employment-related matters. Here's what you might have missed over the festive period... This week's top stories: 37% of leaders don’t see a return to the office until at least Q2 of 2022. New guidance for employees faci...

Review of Recent Employment Developments in Ireland 17/12/2021

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 17/12/2021 Welcome to the last review of developments' email for 2021. From everyone at Legal Island, we wish all of our readers and their loved ones a happy, peaceful and safe festive season. See you for a bumper edition in January. This week's top 5: The third Strategy Statement of the Workplace Relations ...

Review of Recent Employment Developments in Ireland 10/12/2021

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 10/12/2021 This week's top 5: Absence During Extreme Weather Events Remote Working and Improvements to Working Conditions: Speech by Tánaiste Leo Varadkar PUP Available to Those Impacted by the New Restrictions Dedicated Rescue Process for Small Companies Uber, Deliveroo could be hit by draft EU rules for gi...

Review of Recent Employment Developments in Ireland 3/12/2021

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 03/12/2021 This week's top 5: A Complainant is awarded €82,000 for discriminatory retirement dismissal. An Post eliminates its gender pay gap. WRC Information and Inspection Infoline Phone Number Has Changed. Light Up Purple for International Day of Persons with Disability. Portugal´s new law on working from...

Review of Recent Employment Developments in Ireland 26/11/2021

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 26/11/2021 This week's top 5: Should work’s Christmas parties be cancelled? Overtime among HSE executives more than doubled last year. More than 71% of IT leaders would leave if remote or hybrid working was not offered. ICTU have outlined their input to the pre-legislative scrutiny of the Sick Leave Bill 202...

Review of Recent Employment Developments in Ireland 19/11/2021

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 19/11/2021 This week's top 5: Final call for the Annual Review of Employment Law 2021 Conference. Don’t miss our excellent case review on the recent judicial review case involving the WRC. Work from home advice for employees will take effect from today. Covid restrictions will not include a lockdown for the ...

Review of Recent Employment Developments in Ireland 12/11/2021

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 12/11/2021 This week's top 5: Michelle Ní Longáin has been appointed as President of the Law Society of Ireland for the year 2021/2022 - many congratulations Michelle. The highly anticipated Sick Leave Bill 2021 has been published. A full work-from-home policy looms. 74% of people believe closing the gender ...

Review of Recent Employment Developments in Ireland 5/11/2021

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 05/11/2021 This week's top 5: Over half of people want to keep working into Retirement European Digital Credentials for Learning launched Revenue Says Claiming for Remote Working Expenses is Easy Varadkar confirms student nurses to receive 12.5% pay rise and pandemic placement grant of €100 a week will conti...

Review of Recent Employment Developments in Ireland 29/10/2021

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 29/10/2021 This week's top 5: Prison Service Withdraws Appeal on Significant Disability Rights Case Comprehensive Changes to the Employment Permits System in Ireland Government Approves Law to Protect Employees' Tips Houses of the Oireachtas: New Documents Laid Web Page McDonald's workers walked out at resta...

Review of Recent Employment Developments in Ireland 22/10/2021

Posted in: Fortnightly Review of Recent Employment Developments on 22/10/2021 This week's top 5: Full return to the office won’t happen until next spring. Gerry McMahon discusses surveillance of employees at work. The Law Society proposes recommendations to address bullying, harassment and sexual harassment in the legal profession. Business insurance costs increase despite...