Legal News (Employment Law)

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Humans Rights (the “ECHR”) delivered on the 29th January 2014 its landmark judgment in the case of O’Keeffe v Ireland.

Further to our recent article on the publication of the Protected Disclosures Bill 2013, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr Brendan Howlin T.D., has introduced an amendment to the Bill.

The Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 was published by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr Brendan Howlin, T.D. earlier this year and is expected to be enacted before the end of 2013. The Minister has described the Bill as “Ireland’s framework for combating corruption.”

The use of judicial review in the employment law context was clarified in a recent High Court ruling reinstating a school Principal after her demotion by the school’s Board of Management to classroom teacher.

The Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill 2013 was recently published by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr Brendan Howlin, T.D. The purpose is stated as a Bill to “provide for the commitments in relation to freedom of information contained in the Programme for Government.”