A female shop assistant who was repeatedly called ‘thunder tits’ and other offensive comments by a manager as part of daily sexual harassment endured by her over a six month period has been awarded €40,000. This follows Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Adjudication Officer, Marian Duffy ordering that the worker be awarded the maximum award she [...]
EAP Employee Assistance Programme - Your Workplace Health Passport We Provide employees’ access to services and support to assist with mental health, conflict, requirements, financial issues, and other such support that could prevent them for working successfully. Modern life is becoming much more instant and convenient in so many ways. But that doesn’t mean [...]
E- Learning is now available in ESA. Why and what are the benefits as compared to our previous forms of learning. Quite simply it happens quickly and easily and it is not bound by geography or time. This in turns benefits the employer and employee. Our powerful new E-Learning courses of which we have 108 [...]
Employer Need to Note: That Parents can now apply for additional unpaid leave from work following the introduction of new parental leave legislation due to take effect in September 2019. The Parental Leave Act will see parents get an extra four weeks unpaid leave, on top of the current 18 weeks entitlement until a [...]
The Labour Court regarding new minimum pay rates for the construction and electrical contracting sectors respectively on 10 May 2019 (the Recommendations). The Recommendations also provide for unsocial hours payments, terms for pension and sick pay schemes together with an amendment to the normal working hours of construction sector workers.A draft of the construction sector [...]
A Dublin law firm lost €97,000 in the space of a week after fraudsters intercepted emails about a mortgage redemption. The Law Society of Ireland has today warned all firms to be wary of the bank transfer scam and is urging solicitors not to rely on bank details received by email. An email from a [...]
A CORONER is to write to one of Ireland's biggest construction supply firms after the wife of a man who took his own life said he had suffered relentless bullying at work. Cork North Coroner Dr Michael Kennedy adjourned the inquest into the death of father of one John Broderick so he can write to [...]
The Labour Court has recommended that the luxury Park Hotel operated by the Brennan brothers pay a former manager €90,000 in settlement of an unfair dismissal claim. The recommendation - which was published on the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) website - is not binding on the hotel. A spokesperson for the luxury Kerry hotel last [...]