Employment Law Blog

• Mandatory Retirement Age: Employment Law Considerations

  • PostedApril 23, 2024
  

  Mandatory retirement age is a key feature of many employment contracts in Ireland. As an increasing number of people are seeking to work beyond this age, several significant employment law...

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• New Code of Practice on the Right to Request Flexible and Remote Working

  • PostedApril 9, 2024
  

  On 7th March 2024, the Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) published a Code of Practice for Employers and Employees on the Right to Request Flexible Working and the Right to Request...

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• Employment Partner Marc Fitzgibbon Ranked in Chambers Europe Guide 2024

  • PostedMarch 21, 2024
  

  In the recently published Chambers and Partners Europe Guide 2024, Partner and Head of Employment Marc Fitzgibbon has received Band 2 recognition for Employment: Mainly Plaintiff. The latest recognition affirms...

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• The Impact of Redundancies in the Irish Tech Sector

  • PostedOctober 2, 2023
  

  Organisations across Ireland are continually reviewing and restructuring their businesses with a view to cutting costs. When employers consider minimising costs, they often consider job cuts and we have seen...

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• The implementation of Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions Regulations 2022

  • PostedJanuary 31, 2023
  

  EU Directive 2019/1152 (the “Directive”) has recently been transposed into Irish Law by the enactment of the European Union (Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions) Regulations 2022 (the “Regulations”). This was...

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• The Sick Leave Act 2022

  • PostedAugust 17, 2022
  

  The Sick Leave Act 2022 (the “Act”) provides Ireland’s first statutory sick pay scheme for employees was signed into law on 20th July 2022. Before the Act was signed into...

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