Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Irish Republic as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Irish Republic: Refusal to transfer amounts to resignation
Irish law remains unclear about what will happen where a transfer of undertaking (TUPE) leads an employee to object to the transfer …
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Irish Republic: One-in-five spending almost half of wages on rent
According to latest figures from Social Justice Ireland, in 2017, more than 1 in 5 workers spent half their wages on rent and around 1 in 10 paid over 60% in rent …
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Irish Republic: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act limits the use of zero-hour contracts
The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, which recently came into force, limits the use of zero-hour contracts, unless employers provide core terms and working time predictability, and guarantee salary levels …
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Irish Republic: Change to immigration arrangements for spouses and partners of Critical Skills Employment Permit holders
The spouses and partners of non-EEA workers on a Critical Skills Employment Permit have, up to now, been able to live in the Republic – but not work there, unless they obtained a DPSE Permit …
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Irish Republic: National Parliament passes the Protection of Trade Secrets Regulations
The Oireachtas (National Parliament) has now passed the European Union (Protection of Trade Secrets) Regulations 2018 …
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Irish Republic: Review of occupations lists for employment permits
The Economic Migration Policy Unit is currently reviewing the Highly Skilled Eligible Occupations List (HSEOL) and the Ineligible Categories of Employment List (ICEL) to determine what types of workers qualify for an employment permit …
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Irish Republic: Hourly minimum wage to be increased
With effect from January the 1st, 2019, hourly minimum wage will be increased from €9 …
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Irish Republic: Dismissal of “moonlighting” Luas driver deemed fair by WRC
“Moonlighting” constitutes a valid ground for dismissal, according to a recent ruling of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) …
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Irish Republic: Guide to employment, labour and equality law updated
The Workplace Relations Commission has published an updated version of its Guide to Employment, Labour and Equality Law …
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Irish Republic: New parents to get two weeks’ paid leave in this year’s budget
The government has announced in its latest Budget that it intends to introduce the right of both parents to each take shared paid parental leave for a period of two weeks after the baby is born …
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Irish Republic: Emailing outside of office hours
In virtually all private sector companies it is normal and essential for managers to contact colleagues outside normal hours to deal with urgent issues and it would be totally impractical to keep a central record of such interactions …
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Irish Republic: Online re-entry visa system to end September 3
Starting from September the 3rd, 2018, the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) will cease the online appointments service for applications for re-entry visas, with the exception of emergency re-entry visa online appointments …
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Irish Republic: To what extent must an employer seek to accommodate a disabled employee?
To what extent must an employer seek to accommodate a disabled employee? This question has been raised several times in a series of escalating hearings that has now reached the Supreme Court …
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Irish Republic: Employment Bill goes to the Senate for further debate
After a detailed study by the University of Limerick and extensive consultation the lower house of the Irish Parliament (Dáil Éireann) has debated and approved a Bill that will largely ban the practice of “zero hours” and give more protection to workers on low pay who have uncertain working hours …
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Irish Republic: Cabinet approves gender pay gap Bill for employers
As we foresaw back in our March 1st newswire, the Irish Cabinet has now approved draft legislation to compel employers to publish data on their gender pay gaps …
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