Making Remote Work: National Remote Work Strategy

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 18/01/2021 The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar TD, has published Ireland’s first National Remote Work Strategy to make remote working a permanent option for life after the pandemic. The Strategy sets out plans to strengthen the rights and responsibilities of employers a...

Irish Employment Law: What We Learned Last Quarter (Q4 2020)

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 11/01/2021 Legal Island's Learning and Development team have collated all of the updates we sent our 1,300+ Irish Employment Law Hub subscribers in Q2 2020 and listed some of the most important and interesting ones below. Click on the links to find out more: The National Minimum Wage increases from the 1st...

Our Top 5 From 2020

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 07/01/2021 Well, 2020 was certainly an interesting year and we thought we would celebrate the New Year with a review of our top 5 offerings from 2020. Diversity and Inclusion Forum – the D&I Forum introduced in 2020 provided a platform for debate and discussion around important D&I issues and includ...

Data Protection and Employment Matters

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 06/01/2021 Following on from his Data Protection Update for Employers 2020 at the Annual Review of Employment Law on the 25th and 26th November, David Murphy, Assistant Commissioner with the Data Protection Commission provides answers to questions that arose. Health Matters Is a GP putting the reason for illn...

Regulating Home & Remote Working - Your Questions Answered

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 17/12/2020 Following on from her session at the Annual Review of Employment Law on the 25th and 26th November on Regulation Home & Remote Working, Bláthnaid Evans, Partner, Leman Solicitors answers the questions that arose around this challenging subject area. Q. How should we manage a situation where an...

Government Report into Remote and Flexible Working

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 25/11/2020 The revolution within the workplace – i.e. the new world of work has arrived in Ireland, where we are based. The number of employees engaged within remote/flexible working has grown exponentially during the Covid-19 crisis and estimates place the number of employees working to this model now, at ju...

Remote Working - Helpful Resources

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 23/11/2020 The Coronavirus Pandemic has provided both employees and employers the opportunity to trial homeworking arrangements on a temporary basis. This has been successful for many, but for others an indication that they prefer to work out of their employer’s premises. The third outcome is that many more...

Black Friday & Cyber Monday Alert: Issues for Employers While staff are WFH

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 23/11/2020 Black Friday and Cyber Monday means – DEALS, DEALS, DEALS! The 2020 holiday season will be unlike any other we have experienced. In many cases, COVID-19 will keep us in our own homes and away from crowded shops. That may be a good way to curb spending, but the reality is, your employees still want ...

HR & Employment Law Quiz

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 10/11/2020 You all loved our last quiz so to keep you on your (HR) toes we've created a part 2! Test your knowledge with these 5 quick fire 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 ...

Maples Group - Employment Law Series

Posted in: Supplementary Articles ROI on 10/11/2020 This is a four-part audio series on employment law by Maples Group. Once a new episode has been published, this page will be updated. 1. Protected Disclosures In Ireland In the first of a four-part audio series on employment law, head of Employment team, Karen Killalea, along with Associate, Ciara ...