Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Irish Republic as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Irish Republic: Consultation on tax treatment of expenses
The government of the Republic of Ireland has launched a public consultation on the tax treatment of travel and subsistence expenses for employees and office holders …
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Irish Republic: Recommendation to increase the national minimum wage
The Republic of Ireland’s newly-established Low Pay Commission has recommended that the national minimum wage be increased from the current 8 …
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Irish Republic: Assessment of enforced subject access requests
The Irish Data Protection Commissioner has contacted approximately 40 large organisations to assess their compliance with data protection rules on ‘enforced subject access requests’ …
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Irish Republic: Pay and labour cost statistics
The Central Statistics Office of the Republic of Ireland estimates that average weekly earnings in the country in Q1 2015 stood at 696 …
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Irish Republic: Workplace Relations Act to come into force in October 2015
Ireland’s Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, has announced that the Workplace Relations Act will come into force on October 1st 2015 …
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Irish Republic: Reform of employment dispute resolution system
The Workplace Relations Act has now been signed into law in the Republic of Ireland …
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Irish Republic: Draft law on industrial relations published
The Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015 has now been published in Ireland …
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Irish Republic: Trusted Partner Initiative now in effect
On May 12th 2015 the Republic of Ireland launched its Trusted Partner Initiative …
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Irish Republic: Court highlights risk of ‘making an example’ out of an employee
Last month the Irish High Court ordered an employer to reinstate a former employee who had been dismissed in 2009 for breaching company email policy …
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Irish Republic: Delay amounts to failure to provide reasonable accommodation
The Irish Equality Tribunal has held that an employer’s delay in making enquires as to an employee’s capacity to work can constitute a failure to provide reasonable accommodation for an employee’s disability …
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Irish Republic: Importance of procedures in redundancy situations
A recent ruling by the Employment Appeals Tribunal in Ireland has highlighted the importance of following fair procedures in redundancy cases …
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Irish Republic: Consultation on the national minimum wage
A public consultation on the national minimum wage rate has been launched by the Republic of Ireland’s newly-established Low Pay Commission …
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Irish Republic: Average wage statistics
In the Republic of Ireland, average weekly earnings in the private sector rose by 3% from 624 …
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Irish Republic: Employee entitled to maternity pay despite withdrawal of company scheme
An Irish Labour Court has recommended that an employee be reimbursed for unpaid maternity pay, despite the fact that she gave birth in 2014 and the company’s paid maternity scheme was suspended in January 2013 …
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Irish Republic: Minimum wage increases in Europe
January 1st 2015 saw the national minimum wage rate increase in many countries in Europe …
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