Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Irish Republic as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Irish Republic: Man with dyspraxia unfairly dismissed
The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has found that an Aircraft Service Agent at Dublin Airport was unfairly dismissed …
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Irish Republic: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019 is published
The government has put forward a Bill that aims to introduce gender pay gap reporting and proposes measures to ensure steps are being taken to reduce the gap …
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Irish Republic: Construction workers set to get pay rise within two years
Trade Minister Pat Breen has supported new minimum wage rates for the construction and electrical contract sectors that will be put forward for consideration in both houses of the Oireachtas (State Parliament) over the coming weeks in order to be adopted into law …
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Irish Republic: Laws limiting the freedom of Irish visa-holders to travel home abolished
With effect from May the 13th 2019, foreign nationals with a valid Irish Residence Permit (IRP) or Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) card will no longer need a re-entry visa to return to the Irish Republic …
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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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