Sick Pay Policy
Sick Leave Policy 23.9.2022
Sick Leave Policy 23.9.2022
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 [...]
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In light of the current Covid-19 restrictions all face-to-face hearings in the Workplace Relations Commission for the month of February have been postponed. For further information please go to the WRC website https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/news-media/workplace_relations_notices/covid-19-update-14-january-2021.html Stay safe!
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. [...]
Case Background The 64 year old cleaner had been employed from December 2018 to June 2019 by an unnamed residential care facility. She worked Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The Claim The claim was taken under the Equality Act for being dismissed due to age and illness. Employer's Mistakes The employee was never given a contract [...]
Join our employment law expert Joe Bolger on Instagram Live where he will be answering questions from the Irish Hair Federation. Questions on redundancies, employees refusing to return to work, childcare, high risk employees etc will all be answered. The Live interview will be available for 24 hours from 1pm on Tuesday the 23rd June! [...]
Lean Business Continuity Voucher Overview The Lean Business Continuity Voucher is available to eligible companies to access up to €2,500 in training or advisory services support related to the continued operation of their businesses during the current pandemic. The voucher may be used to obtain services from ESA. The services may be in the form of [...]
The Issue: A major bus company has terminated the employment of one of its drivers after he was convicted of careless driving and had a four-year driving ban imposed. The bus driver sued for unfair dismissal but the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has dismissed the claim. WRC Finding: WRC Adjudication Officer, Brian Dalton has [...]
A fashion company chief executive hacked into a female colleague’s phone and downloaded intimate photos of her, an unfair dismissal case has heard. Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) adjudication officer Kevin Baneham noted the “odious” hacking as he ordered the unnamed company to pay the woman €65,000 in compensation over persistent sexual harassment by the chief executive. He [...]