Legal News (Employment Law)

Deirdre Nally summarises two recent successful appeals to the Employment Appeals Tribunal.

There has been an ongoing political debate in Ireland as to whether employers should be required to recognise trade unions. One key question concerns the correct balance between the right of an employee to associate with a trade union, and the right of an employer to disassociate from a trade union.

2015 was a very busy year for Irish Employment Law practice. With reform of the basic framework for dealing with employment disputes and a new Industrial Relations Act, the procedural landscape of employment law in Ireland has been significantly altered. Anne Lyne outlines the key developments.

The Labour Court has upheld a decision of the Equality Tribunal that a teacher was entitled to succeed in her claim that she was discriminated on the grounds of age and religious belief in the course of an interview for the position of principal of the school in which she worked. Anne Lyne outlines the case in which Hayes acted for the teacher.

Mediation is an efficient, practical and cost-effective method of dispute resolution. It can provide a quicker, cheaper and more effective way of arriving at a suitable outcome than litigation. Breda O’Malley explains.

Broad ranging and invasive employment vetting practices are often common in other jurisdictions and employers establishing in Ireland are often surprised to find such practices to be subject to legal constraints in this jurisdiction.