An Employee Wants to Work Past the Company’s Retirement Age of 65 - How Do I Handle It?

Posted in: How Do I Handle It ROI on 23/05/2023 An employee recently approached me as he wants to work past the company’s retirement age of 65, as he feels fit and healthy and isn’t ready to retire. I don’t want to compromise our normal retirement age by making an exception for this worker, so I’m inclined to deny his request. How do I Handle it...

Remote Work Legislation has Passed: How do I Handle it?

Posted in: How Do I Handle It ROI on 19/04/2023 We are a small company with less than 20 employees. In the past we have facilitated employees working remotely on a discretionary basis. We understand that the legislation establishing a right to request remote work has now been implemented. How should we handle this? The Law The Work Life Balance ...

A Neurodivergent Employee – How Do I Handle It?

Posted in: How Do I Handle It ROI on 21/03/2023 One of our employees has informed us that they have received a formal diagnosis of Autism. We want to ensure that we are offering the supports that are necessary for our employee to carry out their work. How do we handle it? Disability The Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2021 (as amended) (EEAs) p...

Romance in the Workplace – How Do I Handle It?

Posted in: How Do I Handle It ROI on 21/02/2023 We have been made aware of an ongoing romantic relationship between two members of staff. We are concerned that this relationship may give rise to issues in the workplace. How do we handle it? Given the amount of time spent in the workplace and in the company of work colleagues, it is not surprisin...

Withdrawing a Verbal Offer of Employment Made to a Candidate who was Headhunted - How do I Handle it?

Posted in: How Do I Handle It ROI on 17/01/2023 "We made an offer of employment verbally to a particular candidate who was headhunted from a different employer and no preconditions were placed on this offer. We have become concerned at the ability of this individual to undertake the duties of employment on the basis of them being problematic wi...

Implementation of the Sick Leave Act 2022 - How Do I Handle It?

Posted in: How Do I Handle It ROI on 20/12/2022 As the commencement of the much-anticipated Sick Leave Act 2022 (“the Act”) is just around the corner, employers have lots of queries about the practical impact and the new legal obligations under the Act. From 1st January 2023, all employers in Ireland will become obliged to make minimum mandato...

Statutory Timeframes and “Reasonable Cause” - How Do I Handle It?

Posted in: How Do I Handle It ROI on 18/10/2022 Antoinette Vahey, Partner RDJ LLP considers this question: “We are in receipt of a letter from the WRC today attaching a complaint of discriminatory dismissal from an employee whose employment terminated more than 12 months ago, on the 8th of October 2021. This date is identified as the “most rece...

How To Handle It – Employee Refuses To Attend Remote Disciplinary Process

Posted in: How Do I Handle It ROI on 20/09/2022 We are currently operating a hybrid working model with most employees working three days in the office. However, we have agreed that high-risk employees or those living with high-risk individuals can remain working from home on a fulltime basis. A disciplinary issue has arisen with one of those rem...

Investigation reports, Inter company disputes and Subject Access Requests – How do I handle it?

Posted in: How Do I Handle It ROI on 16/08/2022 Legal island – investigation reports, Inter company disputes and subject access requests – How do I handle it? There is a growing occurrence of inter-company disputes and the use of subject access requests to elicit sensitive information. Take the following scenario as an example: Bravo Limited and...

Restrictive Covenants – How Do I Handle It?

Posted in: How Do I Handle It ROI on 19/07/2022 One of our managers has recently handed in his notice and we have subsequently been made aware that he has accepted a job in a competing business. We have also heard a rumour that he has approached another member of his team in an effort to persuade her to also join the other business. Is there any...