Legal News (Employment Law)

From mid-Autumn 2023, Minister Roderic O’Gorman has announced that employees experiencing domestic violence will be entitled to take domestic violence leave pursuant to the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (the “Act”), which passed earlier this year.

Whilst the instinctive view might be that a failure to voice workplace concerns using an employer’s grievance or dignity at work procedure would be fatal to an individual’s constructive dismissal claim, recent decisions issued by the Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) and Labour Court respective

As of 3 July 2023, the entitlement to breastfeeding breaks in the workplace will be extended from the current period of six months (26 weeks) to two years (104 weeks) after the child’s birth. 

There have been several significant legal developments concerning workplace suspensions in recent years. We distil below some key principles which have emerged in case law.

In recent months, particularly in the tech sector, we are seeing a sharp increase in redundancies. The majority of affected employees will not have previously faced the burden of their role being placed at risk of redundancy and will not be familiar with the process.