Employment

Barry Crushell highlights recent cases where employers failed to carry out proper investigations before dismissing employees. Very often, when an employer believes an employee may be guilty of some form of misconduct, there can be an immediate rush to judgment, which may prejudice any eventual outco

Amy McNicholas and Ana Harrington examine the legal implications of a new employment code of practice, outlining its key provisions and what businesses must do to comply with the updated guidelines. This week, the Department of Social Protection has released its Code of Practice on Determining Emplo

Kane Tuohy employment lawyer Triona Cody examines all of the key provisions of recently approved legislation. President Michael D. Higgins has signed into law the Maternity Protection, Employment Equality and Preservation of Certain Records Bill 2024. We await the commencement order which will speci

Northern Ireland's Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) has paid a substantial settlement to its former interim chief executive who complained of sex, race and age discrimination and constructive dismissal. The sum paid to Margaret Farragher, who resigned in June 2022, was

Kane Tuohy employment lawyer Triona Cody examines a recent case where an employee was sacked while awaiting confirmation of her visa renewal. In September 2024, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) awarded an employee €25,000 in compensation for unfair dismissal by her employer while awaiti

Kane Tuohy employment lawyer Triona Cody considers best practices for employment references. The issue of employees providing references without authority has received a lot of media coverage in recent weeks. In this article, we explore some of the commonly asked questions in relation to providing r

Being anti-Zionist qualifies as a philosophical belief and a protected characteristic under section 10 of the Equality Act, a UK employment tribunal has found.  It was ruled in February that Professor David Miller was unfairly discriminated against when he was dismissed by the University of Bri

The UK government has published a "once in a generation" set of employment rights reforms which will apply across Great Britain. The Employment Rights Bill contains 28 individual employment reforms, from ending zero hours contracts and fire and rehire practices to establishing day one rights to prot

A former restaurant worker in Co Kerry has been awarded over €23,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) for breaches of minimum wage and working time laws. Suman Bhurtel, who is originally from Nepal and was working with an employment permit, was represented at the WRC by the Migrant R

The High Court has quashed a decision of the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Employment refusing a work permit to a Korean tattoo artist on the basis of the UK Standard Occupational Classification system. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Barry O’Donnell stated: “The o

The mandatory retirement age for gardaí has been increased from 60 to 62. The increase, provided for by the Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024, is aimed at supporting Garda recruitment and retention.

Significant reforms to the employment permit system will come into force from Monday. Regulations have been signed to give effect to the Employment Permits Act 2024, which is intended to consolidate and modernise employment permits law and bring benefits for employers and permit holders alike.

The introduction of a statutory right to collective bargaining in Ireland would necessarily require the introduction of a statutory right to union recognition, a barrister has said. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission last December published a research paper which found there is no consti

The mandatory retirement age of prison officers has increased from 60 to 62 with effect from today. A similar increase has taken effect for firefighters and members of the Permanent Defence Forces, though has not yet been introduced for gardaí, which will "follow shortly", the Department of J

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has awarded a record €550,000 to a former Twitter employee who was sacked after failing to click a button in an email from Elon Musk shortly after he acquired the company. Gary Rooney, former source-to-pay director at Dublin-based Twitter International U