In Brief: Case Law Special (November 2020)

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 04/11/2020 This month’s 'In Brief ' is a common law catch up. It can be hard to keep up to date with case law developments – it’s all too easy to miss an important decision that has major implications for employers and employees. For this very reason we decided to compile a list of some of the most interestin...

[Quiz] Test your knowledge

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 27/10/2020 Can you answer these 10 employment law questions? Annual Review of Employment Law 2020 Our flagship Annual Review of Employment Law conference will take place online on the 25 & 26 November and is the perfect opportunity to get up to speed on the latest in employment law and HR and prepare for...

Equality Implications of Covid-19: Mental Health and Employment and the Role of Disability Discrimination Law

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 22/10/2020 The coronavirus pandemic was a source of obvious distress for most of us. For some, it has caused more than distress and inconvenience – it has caused enough fear and anxiety to push them into a state of mental ill-health sufficient to meet the definition of disabled under the Employment Equality A...

The Future of Work

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 20/10/2020 Legal Island Chairman, Barry Phillips is joined by a host of experts in recruitment, HR and D&I to make sense of the world of work at the moment. Our flagship Annual Review of Employment Law conference will take place on the same online platform as our Future of Work Summit with the re...

WRC Equality Law Case Update October 2020

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 19/10/2020 In 2019, the WRC received 439 complaint referrals under the Equal Status Acts 2000-2015, of which 97 involved a claim of discrimination on grounds of membership of the Traveller Community; this represents a 22% decrease from the previous year. While the reasons behind this decline and a decline of...

Budget 2021 - Employment Related Changes

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 16/10/2020 It is, of course, Budget 2021 time and Ken Killoran (Tax Partner in Mazars) has kindly set out below the main measures from an employment tax perspective: Summary list of employment-related changes No change in income tax rates or bands. The USC threshold for the 2% rate will be increased by €203...

A&L Goodbody's Irish Case Law Review

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 14/10/2020 Watch A&L Goodbody's Irish Case Law review from the Annual Review of Employment Law 2019 conference. If you and your HR colleagues would benefit from a conference packed full of employment law updates similar to the one below, check out the programme and speaker line-up at this year's online An...

Jennifer Cashman's Review of the Year 2019

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 14/10/2020 Watch Jennifer Cashman's Review of the Year session from the Annual Review of Employment Law 2019 conference. If you and your HR colleagues would benefit from a conference packed full of employment law updates similar to the one below, check out the programme and speaker line-up at this year's onli...

In Brief: A Roundup of Remote Working Resources

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 12/10/2020 Remote/home working and the pros and cons of this working arrangement have been much debated over the last few months. As this arrangement looks set to continue for some time, this month’s In Brief article focuses on some resources and stories about issues arising with and getting the most out of ...

Protected Disclosures: Update for Employers in Ireland

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 11/09/2020 Karen Killalea of the Maples Group discusses the implications of the recent High Court decision of John Clarke v. CGI Food Services Limited and CGI Holding Limited [2020] IEHC 368 which demonstrates the broad scope of the definition of protected disclosures under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014....