New Minimum Wage as of January 1st 2021
As of the 1st January 2021 the new National Minimum Wage in €10.20 gross per hour. There are some exceptions to the application of the national minimum wage. If you would like further information on [...]
€850,000 fine for shipping company causing death of an employee
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 [...]
€25,000 to employee harassed by boss at work party
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 [...]
Christmas Zoom-parties can cost you more than you think!
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 [...]
Parental Leave – what is it?
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, [...]
WARNING! Spillage of hand sanitiser can burn invisibly and unnoticed!!
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 [...]