Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Irish Republic as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Irish Republic: Remote work law to be included in Work Life Balance Bill
Under the integrated Bill, remote working will be defined as a specific type of flexible working …
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Irish Republic: Celtic tiger improves its roar
The performance of the Irish economy differs radically from other European economies (except perhaps the production sector in Spain) in one essential way …
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Irish Republic: Tax relief for working from home
Employees may be able to claim tax relief on the additional costs of working from home, including electricity, heating and broadband …
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Irish Republic: Lidl Ireland increases minimum wage to €13.85
Supermarket Chain one of the first to sign up to next years’ living wage …
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Irish Republic: New law on whistleblowing to start in 2023
The Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022 updates the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 and transposes the EU Whistleblowing Directive into Irish law …
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Irish Republic: Back-up scheme to protect redundancy payments for companies hard hit by the pandemic
The scheme was set up under the Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Act 2022 and applies to workers laid off due to Covid restrictions between 13th March 2020 and 31st January 2022 …
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Irish Republic: Tánaiste announces increase in the National Minimum Wage and sets the 2023 Living Wage
With effect from 1st January 2023, the NMW for people aged 20 and over will increase by 80 cents to €11 …
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Irish Republic: Second phase of Connected Hubs Voucher Scheme launched
The latest phase will see remote workers receive three free vouchers for digital hub centres across the country …
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Irish Republic: All employment permits will now be issued electronically
Each permit will have a unique employment permit number, and be signed digitally by a senior official on behalf of the Minister …
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Irish Republic: Labour Force Survey Q2 2022
Economy puts pandemic well behind it …
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Irish Republic: New minimum pay rate for security worker
New employment regulation order to set pay in the security industry …
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Irish Republic: Critical skills occupations list updated
Cardiac physiologists, medical scientists, occupational therapists, pharmacists, physiotherapists, podiatrists/chiropodists, psychologists and speech and language therapists are now eligible for Critical Skills Employment Permits …
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Irish Republic: New law will allow Government to screen foreign investments
A new legal provision will allow the government to screen investments from non-EU countries in order to protect the economy, limit the foreign ownership of Irish companies and guard against foreign interests exploiting technical and human resources …
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Irish Republic: All workers to have right to sick pay as Tánaiste’s sick leave law passes all stages of Oireachtas
The Sick Leave Bill 2022 has now completed its passage through both Houses of the Oireachtas (National Parliament) …
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Irish Republic: Tánaiste outlines proposal to bring in living wage for all
The Irish government plans to replace the current minimum wage with a new ‘living wage’ that will be set at 60% of the median hourly wage each year …
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