New Protected Disclosures Legislation to Enhance Protections for Whistle Blowers in Ireland By Barry Reynolds, On 9 February 2022 the Government published the long-awaited Protected Disclosures (Amendment)…
Challenges for employers during COVID-19 – some frequently asked questions By Barry Reynolds This article was originally published in Hospitality Ireland …
Bullying or employee management? An important distinction By Barry Reynolds In this article we explain what bullying is and what it is not…
Harassment – Employers with a dispersed workforce take note By Barry Reynolds With the ongoing challenges facing businesses across Ireland and abroad, and with many employees…
Remote Working – Time to get your house in order By Barry Reynolds, Aisling Parkinson “Remote Working”, for obvious reasons, became one of the most discussed work related topics of…
COVID-19: Subsidy, Lay off and Redundancy (Ireland) By Barry Reynolds, Sinead Egan, Aisling Parkinson This is an interim update on developments now that further emergency legislation, Bill to Protect…
COVID-19 Response: Update on sick pay for employees and self-employed in Ireland By Barry Reynolds, Sinead Egan, Aisling Parkinson On Monday 9 March the government announced that the next phase of Ireland’s Covid-19 response…
COVID-19: Business Briefing - Ireland By Sharon McCaffrey, Barry Reynolds This briefing note sets out some of our most frequently asked questions around COVID-19…
Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018 – update on key changes – part 2 By Sinead Egan, Barry Reynolds In the second article in our series of on this legislation, (our first article is available here )…
Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2018 – update on key changes By Sinead Egan, Barry Reynolds Recent legislation on employment terms was heralded as " one of the most significant pieces of…
Sexual harassment – the WRC highlights lessons for employers By Barry Reynolds, Sinead Egan The Workplace Relations Commission ("WRC") annual report for 2018 contains a potentially surprising…
Are employees protected from dismissal in the first year of employment? – a word of caution to employers By Barry Reynolds Dismissals during the probationary period are often considered to be safe because an employee will…
Increased protection for variable hour workers in 2019 By Barry Reynolds The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018 has been enacted and has been described as one…
Workplace Relations Commission - Update on Key Changes By Barry Reynolds, Sinead Egan The Workplace Relations Act 2015 was for the most part commenced with effect from 1 October 2015…