Lunch and Learn with MCS Group - Emerging Trends in HR Roles

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 14/06/2022 Grab your lunch and join Rolanda Markey, Learning and Development Team at Legal Island and Ryan Calvert, Manager of HR Recruitment for UK and Ireland, as they discuss the key trends emerging in HR recruitment.Ryan serves up some digestible golden nuggets of information and guidance that will leave ...

Irish Employment Law In Brief: May 2022

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 09/06/2022 This month’s 'In Brief' brings together a range of resources and articlesthat we’ve found interesting this spring. We’ve highlighted the key themes, to help you keep up to date with developments. Menopause Symptoms are Forcing Women Out of the Workplace Menopause and its impact on the workp...

Gender Pay Gap Reporting in Ireland – Regulations Finally Published

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 08/06/2022 The goverment published the gender pay gap reporting regulations setting out the details of the reporting obligations under the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 on June 3rd 2022 This article sets out what the Employment Equality Act 1998 (section 20A) (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 202...

Delayed New Whistleblowing Laws Move Closer to Enactment

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 31/05/2022 The Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022 was debated at length in Seanad Éireann last week. Committee Stage was ordered for today Tuesday 31 May 2022. The new Act will extend the protections afforded by the 2014 Act in several key aspects, including the requirement for employers to establish...

The Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022 – An Overview of the Main Changes

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 20/05/2022 Introduction In Ireland, the fundamental legislation in existence relating to the area of whistleblowing is the Protected Disclosures Act 2014. Whistleblowing refers to workers reporting certain types of wrongdoing’, referred to as making a protected disclosure. Examples of wrongdoings include enda...

The Great Resignation - How Your Organisation Can Turn the Big Attrition into the Big Attraction

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 19/05/2022 It's International HR Day on 20th May, a day which recognises the work that HR professionals do in making a positive contribution for individuals and organisations. The theme for 2022 is about HR Reshaping the Future. In celebration of this we are delighted to offer our customers access to this fan...

The Data Protection Commission’s Annual Report for 2021 - Key Takeaways

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 17/05/2022 Co-Author : Dara Kinnane The Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) recently published its 2021 Annual Report (the “Report”), marking the end of the third full calendar year of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). In this article, Katie O’Neill and Dara Kinnane from Ronan Daly Jermyn’s Cor...

Gender Pay Gap Reporting in Ireland – New Guidance Published

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 13/05/2022 The new guidance and frequently asked questions give helpful information, but the regulations setting out the detail of the reporting obligations under the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 (the Regulations) have still to be published. What will employers in Ireland have to do? Employers will hav...

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...