Legal News (Employment Law)

The Government announced recently a one -off public holiday for Friday 18 March 2022 as a national commemoration of those who lost their lives to Covid and to recognise the contribution of frontline workers.

Businesses in the Irish hospitality sector have been afforded a glimmer of hope following the recent, nationwide, easing of restrictions. Unbeknownst to many employers, however, is the potential impact of the Transfer Regulations.

For the first time in Ireland, the Right to Request Remote Working Bill 2022 provides for a legal framework for remote work.

We have been hearing about the pandemic trend known as the “great resignation”. Another workplace trend to emerge in the last number of months is the concept of “over employment”.

We are often asked by employers if some measure is adopted for, or concession is given to, its workforce, whether that will result in there being an established precedent, a new custom and practice or it being an implied contract term, which the employer will be obliged to follow in future.

The Supreme Court Judgment in the case of Baranya v Rosderra Meats Group (2021) has clarified that an individual raising a personal grievance can also attract the protections of the Protected Disclosure Act 2014.