Auto-Enrolment Proposal: Employer Administrative Headache Ahead?
As pre-legislative scrutiny of auto-enrolment proposals comes to a close our pensions team survey emerging themes and point to issues likely to ari...
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Amendments to residential tenancies legislation extend termination notice periods for landlords and increase formalities.
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The Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022 has now been published. We discuss some of the key features of the proposed legislation designed to...
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The government's COVID-19 "Green List" may impact employees' rights to annual leave and employers' rights to refuse. Guidance is that those returni...
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Jeff Greene, a Partner in our Employment and Benefits Group, gives a quick video guide to the most notable employment law developments and cases in...
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The WRC has announced that Dublin based physical face-to-face adjudication, conciliations and mediation meetings scheduled for the week commencing ...
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On 11 November 2021, the Pensions Authority published the form of annual compliance statement (ACS) that trustees of pension schemes will be expect...
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Catherine O'Flynn, Head of our Employment & Benefits department, moderated a panel for the HR Directors Series looking at The Power of Inclusive Le...
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The Government has announced a state funded wage subsidy scheme. While initially welcomed by employers as a means of "keeping the lights on" and co...
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We examine the key issues for pension trustees and employers in responding to the current and future challenges facing pension schemes as the COVID...
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In this article, we review the Government's July Jobs Stimulus package and the most important issues for employers.
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The Investment Firms Regulation and Investment Firms Directive will become applicable for firms from 26 June 2021. In this briefing, we examine the...
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We explore whether Ireland's working time legislation is fit for purpose against the backdrop of today's digital workplace, the 'new normal' of rem...
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We examine the key pensions aspects of the Programme for Government and some of the practical implications for pensions trustees and employers.
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At our CounselConnect virtual conference over 100 in-house counsel were asked to reflect on how COVID-19 has affected their business and altered th...
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This article discusses the recent publication of the Sick Leave Bill 2021 and its implications for employers and employees.
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Prospective employees claimed they were wrongly discriminated against throughout Google's interviewing process.
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We examine the new transparency obligations for pension schemes under Directive (EU) 2017/828.
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It's time for employers to prepare for the widespread availability of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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'Moonlighting' can be described as additional employment, taken on by an employee in addition to his/her primary source of employment. We look at t...
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High Court rules that applicants for citizenship must have one year's uninterrupted residence immediately prior to their application.
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Irish Government launches consultation on pensions auto-enrolment, seeking views on draft proposals.
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The Government has published guidance for those employers due to begin reporting their gender pay gap metrics in December 2022.
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We analyse the key measures of support and protection introduced for employers and employees in Ireland's biggest ever budget.
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IORP II full compliance picture revealed: we discuss the Pensions Authority's final Code of Practice and next steps for employers and trustees.
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50% of employers say their main data protection concern for returning to work is dealing with a confirmed COVID-19 case in the workplace. Here we d...
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We consider what employees are entitled to be paid in various scenarios arising from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ireland and UK sign convention on reciprocity of social security rights to maintain the status quo in respect of the Common Travel Area post Brexit
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Government to close consultation period for the 2019 mid-year review of the occupations lists for the employment permit regime.
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Sexual Harassment Issues in the Workplace have Surged by 200pc
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The Labour Court recommended that The Park Hotel, owned by Francis Brennan and his brother John Brennan, pay €90,000 in compensation to a former ge...
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Earlier this year, we brought you news of the proposed Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill. In the second ...
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2018 has seen some exciting developments in Employment and Pensions law. In our "12 Days of Christmas" series, William Fry's Employment and Benefit...
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Intro for news and insights – WRC finds in favour of a Bank Official's claim that he was unfairly dismissed despite concluding that his actions con...
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Supreme Court explores tripartite contracts of employment, examining who is in fact the correct employer.