Sick Pay Policy
Sick Leave Policy 23.9.2022
New Rules on Probationary Periods 2023
S.I. No. 686/2022 - European Union (Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions) Regulations 2022 Is now enacted as off the 16th December 2022. This will now alter the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 including some working conditions for the employees, such as the length of probationary periods set out in contracts of employment. New Rules [...]
€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 website reference: ADJ-00025776. What happened? The complainant was at a staff event organised by the company in the local pub. [...]
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 the HR issues that can cost your company a lot of money. In our experience, the biggest complaint that arises [...]
Employers obligation to provide work to employees with a disability.
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Nano Nagle case: Duties of an employer Section 16 of the Employment Equality Acts requires an employer to take appropriate measures to facilitate persons with disabilities in accessing and participating in employment unless those measures would impose a disproportionate burden on the employer. The Act provides non-exhaustive examples [...]