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Ireland

Driven by evolving client needs, we opened an office in Dublin to ensure that we can deliver consistent and expert advice, especially post Brexit. Through this, we are able to leverage our in-depth sector knowledge, providing our clients with confidence in the legal services they receive across the UK and the EU.

Our team of dual and Irish qualified lawyers and trade mark attorneys support UK, EU and Irish companies looking to do business in Ireland and the UK in the following areas:

    We can also use our knowledge of the Irish market to assist with matters involving property, corporate and tax.

    Further information on our Irish employment, workplace data privacy and business immigration services is available here.

    Further information on the services provided by our Belfast office are available here.

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    Irish employers are increasingly using surveillance software and AI to check productivity of staff at work at home, but does this lead to data protection issues for employers?

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    Irish Data Protection Commission Issues Guidance for Employers

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    In this two-part series, Linda Hynes, partner in the Employment, Immigration and Reward team of Lewis Silkin Ireland, sets out what employers need to take away from the recent DPC guidance. The first in the series looks at the Data Protection in the Workplace: Employer Guidance.

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    The Employment Permits Bill 2022 promises to make the permit system more responsive to Ireland’s evolving labour market. We look at how proposals under the Bill, and other recent developments, will impact on workplace planning and operations for employers.

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    The government published the gender pay gap reporting regulations setting out the detail of the reporting obligations under the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 on 3 June 2022.

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    Managing your workforce across NI and RoI

    12 October 2021

    Please join us on 12 October for our webinar on how to deal with the challenges that arise in managing employees who work on both sides of the border between Ireland /Northern Ireland (often in the same team) including:

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