Employment

New legislation aims to tackle the misuse of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), also known as confidentiality clauses, in the workplace – including those being used to cover up sexual harassment, racial discrimination and assault. NDAs can be used by businesses for a number of legitimate reason

Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates clarifies some key points on the law of disability discrimination. The issue of disability discrimination arose in a case of Houses of the Oireachtas and Thomas Hickey EDA1918, where the Labour Court addressed this issue.

A school has lost its appeal against the finding that a teacher who signed a “fixed term” contract two years after she began teaching in the school was unfairly dismissed when her contract was terminated. Finding that the contract was void because it purported to waive the statutory prot

Employers will be banned from counting workers' tips as part of their contractual wages under new Government plans. A draft heads of bill approved by ministers proposes to amend the Payment of Wages Act to ensure that tips and gratuities cannot be used to satisfy a person's contractual wages.

Specialist employment law practice CC Solicitors has announced the appointment of Claire Dawson as partner in the firm. Ms Dawson is the second partner to join the Dublin-based firm this year, following the promotion of Regan O'Driscoll to partner in February.

Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates writes on the law around time limits in the Workplace Relations Commission. In case ADJ-14610, a case of an administration co-ordinator and a health care provider, an issue arose as to whether a complaint had been lodged in t

A man who accepted a job as a minibus driver for a charity had his job offer withdrawn a month later on the basis of his age, despite having submitted at least five documents displaying his date of birth in the application process. The Workplace Relations Commission found his complaint of age discri

An employer which dismissed a man because of his dyspraxia has been ordered to pay €15,000 in compensation, the equivalent of 18 months' pay. The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) ruled against Sky Handling Partner Ltd in the case brought by former employee Stephen Dunne with support from th

New websites for the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) and the Labour Court have been launched. The redesigned WRC website was developed with the help of key stakeholders through focus groups, testing and surveys, informed by data about what parts of the old site visitors accessed most frequently

Eight additional weeks of parental leave will be introduced on a phased basis after the Seanad approved Government amendments to the Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017. The private member's bill, introduced by Social Democrats TDs Roisin Shortall and Catherine Murphy, seeks to amend the Parental L

Employment law solicitor Richard Grogan of Richard Grogan & Associates writes on a case concerning the dismissal of an employee involved in criminal activity. In case ADJ13353, the Adjudication Officer quoted the case of Crowe v An Post [2016] ELR 93 and the book Redmond on Dismissal Law, edited

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) experienced its busiest year yet in 2018, with a 20 per cent increase in number of hearings and almost twice as many face-to-face mediations than the year before, new figures reveal. The figures are set out in the WRC's annual report for 2018, the fourth repo

A former lecturer at Trinity College Dublin who was made redundant at the beginning of the 2018/2019 academic year has been awarded €6,144 after it was found that he was unfairly dismissed. Finding that the lecturer had made an almost irresistible connection between the public outcry he created

Legislation requiring employers to publish details of the gender pay gap in their workforce has been published. The Gender Pay Gap Information Bill has been presented to the Dáil, where it now awaits second stage.

A farmer with multiple sclerosis who was told not to come back to work until he provided his employer with a letter confirming his fitness to drive has been awarded €31,000 in the Workplace Relations Commission. The man, who worked on the farm since 1993, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis i