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Labour Court decides first appeals on European Works Councils operating in Ireland
02 September 2024In the first appeals decided under Ireland’s legislation on European Works Councils, the Labour Court has provided welcome guidance for multinational businesses that moved their European Works Councils to Ireland in light of Brexit.
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Significant changes to Ireland’s employment permit system
30 August 2024Regulations giving effect to the new Employment Permits Act 2024 were signed by the Government this week, with some of the changes under this new law coming into effect on Monday, 2 September. This new law is intended to significantly improve efficiency in the employment permit system, creating a more flexible and adaptable system better able to respond to the changing needs of the labour market and ensuring the protection of permit holders. In this article, we look at the key changes and what employers should know.
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Domestic Abuse ‘Safe Leave’– how will it work and what does it mean for employers?
30 August 2024The Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland has published a public consultation on the framework for the introduction of safe leave for employees experiencing domestic abuse. We review how the Department plans to implement this new right and provide guidance to employers to help them understand and fulfil their obligations.
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‘Good Jobs’ talking points: How is the Department for the Economy proposing to reform zero-hours contracts?
23 August 2024Zero-hours contracts have captured significant press coverage over the years because of the perceived disadvantages for workers. In Northern Ireland, the use of zero-hours contracts is likely to be restricted or limited by the ‘Good Jobs’ Employment Rights Bill.
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‘Good Jobs’ talking points: What proposals are in place for TUPE in Northern Ireland and how does this differ from TUPE in Great Britain?
15 August 2024The Department for the Economy is proposing to introduce some - but not all - Great Britain TUPE reforms in Northern Ireland. Employers who are involved in TUPE transfers should be mindful of the proposed changes and the continuing, important differences between the jurisdictions.
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"Good jobs" consultation - A blueprint for employment rights reform in Northern Ireland?
04 July 2024The Minister for the Economy in Northern Ireland, Conor Murphy, has released the eagerly awaited “Good Jobs Employment Rights Bill” consultation document. We look at the key areas for employers to consider.
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Don’t allow AI to erode workplace trust, Síobhra Rush comments for the Law Society Gazette
25 June 2024The EU AI Act has been adopted by the Council of the EU. In this article, Síobhra Rush highlights the Act’s key compliance obligations, the application of which will be staggered over the next two years, and how employers should prepare.
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Employment law across the globe: what’s happened and what’s coming up?
20 June 2024This document was prepared for our 2024 Managing an International Workforce conference on 20th June 2024.
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Beyond borders: Comparative Table of employment law in Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
13 June 2024Do you need to stay up-to-date with employment law developments across Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland? If so, our updated Comparative Table will be a handy reference guide.
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Spouses of non-EU permit holders are now free to work in Ireland - Declan Groarke comments for the Irish Examiner
03 June 2024Ireland is now a more attractive destination for skilled overseas workers as it is now far easier for their partners to also work there. To make Ireland more attractive to skilled overseas workers, the State has eased the path for family reunification. Declan Groarke outlines the significance of these changes in this article.
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Workplace Relations Commission publishes Annual Report – what are the key takeaways?
30 May 2024Each year, the Workplace Relations Commission (‘WRC), the body responsible for adjudicating on employment law disputes in Ireland, publishes a report on the previous year’s activities. This report always makes for interesting reading for employers and identifies some of the key trends developing in employment law matters before the WRC. In this article, Linda Hynes, Partner with Lewis Silkin Ireland, highlights the key takeaways and interesting points for employers.
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Immigration reform will attract talent - Declan Groarke writes for the Law Society
20 May 2024Measures aimed at strengthening Ireland’s appeal as a top destination for skilled international workers have been approved. Further changes with the same purpose may also be in the pipeline writes Declan Groarke.
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Changes to the collective redundancy legislation and clarity on employers’ consultation obligations in recent Labour Court decision
16 May 2024Several high-profile cases, including those involving Clerys and Debenhams, brought inadequacies of the existing collective redundancy legislation into focus in recent years. The legislation designed to address those gaps has now passed all stages of the legislative process and is expected to become law shortly. We look at what these changes are, and what they will mean for employers in a collective redundancy process. We also look at the recent decision of the Labour Court in the Debenhams appeal which brings further clarity to employers’ consultation obligations.
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WRC orders UCC to pay Professor €300,000 after he was unfairly dismissed
30 April 2024In the recently published case, Wim Naude v UCC, a Dutch economics scholar, who was hired as a Professor of Economics by University College Cork (‘UCC’) during the Covid-19 pandemic, was awarded €300,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission (‘WRC’) after it held that he had been dismissed unfairly and without warning for failing to relocate to Cork.
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Ending visa-free travel for skilled workers from South Africa will impact Irish companies, Declan Groarke comments for the Irish Times
29 April 2024Proposals being discussed to potentially re-introduce visa requirements for South African nationals will significantly impact Irish companies - Declan Groarke comments for the Irish Times newspaper.
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Northern Ireland: New guidance on eliminating workplace sexual harassment
04 April 2024The Labour Relations Agency and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions have published new guidance on eliminating sexual harassment from the workplace, containing detailed recommendations on steps employers should consider taking to prevent and deal with such behaviour.
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Right to request remote and flexible working comes into operation today
07 March 2024The Government has today brought the right to request remote and flexible work arrangements into operation, and the long-awaited Code of Practice for employers and employees on the right to request remote and flexible work arrangements has finally been published by the WRC. This means all employees now have the right to request remote working. Parents and carers also now have the right to request flexible working. Here’s our summary of what Code of Practice says, and the key takeaways employers need to know.
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Protected disclosures in Ireland – new statutory Guidance published and more employers now required to comply
18 January 2024With more Irish employers now caught by the requirement under the protected disclosures legislation to have whistleblowing procedures in place, and the introduction of new statutory Guidance towards the end of last year, we look briefly at what employers should be considering in 2024 when dealing with protected disclosures in the workplace in Ireland.
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Immigration law in Ireland - a roundup of 2023 and looking ahead to 2024
11 January 20242023 ended with a significant announcement on the largest expansion and shakeup to the employment permit system since its inception. In 2024, we expect to see further changes to the employment permit system and the possibility of the enactment of the Employment Permits Bill. However, we also expect to see further changes adopted as part of the Department of Justice’s modernisation programme, like those we have seen with the naturalisation process and the possibility of proposals on the adoption of a single application procedure.
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What’s happening in ROI employment law in 2024?
11 January 2024From the commencement of the right for employees to request remote and flexible working, increases in statutory sick pay and minimum wage entitlements, the lowering of the threshold for employers who will be obliged to report on their gender pay gap and an ever-increasing focus on all things AI, guidance on, and extension of, whistleblowing obligations, there is a lot of change on the horizon for employers in Ireland. Here’s our summary of what to look out for in 2024.