Doyle Shipping Group Unlimited has plead guilty at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to causing the death of Mr. James Byrne, who was killed instantly on the 6th June, 2018 when a 6m steel column fell on top of him as he used a blow torch to separate it from a larger metal structure. Specifically, [...]
The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has upheld a claim for sexual harassment and ordered a beauty salon to pay €25,000 in compensation to its former employee. The full decision can be found on the WRC website reference: ADJ-00025776. What happened? The complainant was at a staff event organised by the company in the local pub. [...]
While it is unlikely that companies will be holding traditional Christmas functions this year, some may hold them early next year and in the mean time zoom parties may still give rise to many of the HR issues that can cost your company a lot of money. In our experience, the biggest complaint that arises [...]
Employees are having to utilize leave entitlements that they may not have used before and employers are struggling to understand what their rights are. For any child born or adopted since the 1st November 2019, parent's leave entitles each parent to 2 weeks' leave during the first year of a child's life, or in the [...]
Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) have shown an experiment on Twitter demonstrating how a spillage of hand sanitiser can burn invisibly and unnoticed. The DFB spokesperson explained: "It's because of the alcohol content. Alcohol/ethanol burns with an almost invisible flame." "Dispensers should have an integrated drip tray, or tray underneath to catch spillages. Any spillages should [...]