Irish Employment Law In Brief: A Case Law Special (April 2022)

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 29/04/2022 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...

Key points from the recently announced Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 28/04/2022 The Irish government has approved the drafting of a Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill. This General Scheme of a Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 (the General Scheme) was brought to Cabinet by Minister Roderic O’Gorman who hopes that it will pass through bo...

Irish Employment Law: What We Learned Last Quarter (Q1 2022)

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 04/04/2022 Legal Island's Learning and Development team have collated all of the updates we sent our 1,600+ Irish Employment Law Hub subscribers in Q1 2022 and listed some of the most important and interesting ones below. Click on the links to find out more: It's back! Legal Island's Comparative Employment ...

New Codes of Practice on Pay Inequality and Workplace Harassment

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 10/03/2022 Two new statutory Code of Practice developed by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (the ‘Commission’) have been launched to help eliminate pay inequality and tackle workplace harassment and sexual harassment. The new Codes, published in the week of International Women’s Day set out the ...

Gender Pay Gap Reporting In Ireland: First Details Announced

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 09/03/2022 The proposed relevant dates for Ireland’s new gender pay gap reporting regulations have been announced. To coincide with International Women’s Day 2022, Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, has announced that the commencement order for gender pay gap...

Irish Employment Law In Brief: March 2022

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 08/03/2022 This month’s 'In Brief' focuses on all things female in recognition of International Women’s Day on Tuesday 8th March! We’ve highlighted the key themes, to help you keep up to date with developments. Sex(ism) and the City 58% of women say they have experienced harassment in their workplace, a new s...

Is working less the way ahead? 4-day working week trials in the UK and Ireland

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 21/02/2022 Co-Author : Kayleigh Williams Companies across the UK and Ireland are trialling a four-day working week measuring whether employees can operate at 100% productivity despite working for 20% less time and with no reduction in pay. In the UK, more than 30 companies are trialling a four-day working we...

4 Day Week: How to Reduce Work Hours and Increase Productivity

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 10/02/2022 Research suggests that a four-day week (where employees continue to receive full-time wages for reduced hours) results in greater productivity. Why should this be? It seems to be linked to better work-life balance and a desire to complete tasks on time and then get out of work to enjoy the extended...

In Brief ROI: February 2022

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 07/02/2022 This month’s 'In Brief' brings together a range of resources and articles that we’ve found interesting over the past month. New laws and policies have been coming thick and fast this New Year, so we’ve highlighted the key themes, to help you keep up to date with all the developments. National Minim...

Ireland – Long-Awaited Insight into The Right To Request Remote Working

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 26/01/2022 Irish employers and employees have been given some detail on how the long-awaited right to request remote working will operate. The legislation, once enacted, will introduce for the first time a legal framework in Ireland around requesting remote working arrangements. Linda Hynes, Partner in the E...