Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Irish Republic as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Irish Republic: Use of social media at work not gross misconduct
Ireland’s Employment Appeals Tribunal has awarded 7,000 euros to an employee whose dismissal for the use of social media websites during working time was held to be unfair …
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Irish Republic: Compensatory rest breaks
In a recent High Court case in Ireland, an employee claimed that their employer was violating the law by not providing specific rest breaks …
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Irish Republic: Failure to provide a safe place of work
A recent High Court decision in Ireland demonstrates the importance of having clear safety policies in the workplace …
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Irish Republic: Industrial Relations Act to be reformed
The Cabinet of the Republic of Ireland has approved the reform of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001 …
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Irish Republic: Reform of legislation on work permits
In order to make it easier for skilled workers from abroad to work in the Republic of Ireland, the Irish government has published a Bill to reform the country’s work permit system …
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Irish Republic: Discriminatory taxation of termination payments
The European Commission has asked Ireland to revise its law on the taxation of employment termination payments …
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Irish Republic: Proposal to allow fathers to share maternity leave
The Irish government is currently considering proposals to allow mothers to share their statutory maternity leave with their child’s father …
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Irish Republic: Whistleblowing legislation soon to be enacted
The Republic of Ireland’s Protected Disclosures Bill has now passed through all stages of the Senate and is at the second stage in the Dáil Éireann …
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Irish Republic: High compensation award for unequal pay
The judiciary in Ireland has just issued its fourth decision under the Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act 2012 and awarded its highest compensation award (20,000 euros) …
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Irish Republic: Increase in working days lost to industrial disputes
The Republic of Ireland’s Central Statistics Office has published data that show a 76% rise in the number of working days lost due to industrial disputes in 2013 as compared with 2012 …
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Irish Republic: Reforms to Joint Labour Committees
Minister for Jobs for the Republic of Ireland, Richard Bruton, has introduced reforms to Joint Labour Committees …
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Irish Republic: Employment Bills expected in 2014
The government of the Irish Republic has published its Legislation Programme for Spring/Summer 2014 …
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Irish Republic: Longer wait for sick pay
As from today, January 6th, the sickness benefit waiting period in the Republic of Ireland will be six days instead of the former three …
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Irish Republic: Greater fairness in pension asset distribution
The government of the Irish Republic has approved draft legislation that will ensure greater fairness in the distribution of defined benefit pension scheme assets …
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Irish Republic: Maternity benefits standardized
Further to the Irish Republic’s Budget 2014, maternity and adoptive benefits are due to be standardised at a rate of 230 euros per week for new claimants as from January 6th 2014 …
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