Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Irish Republic as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Irish Republic: Gender pay gap reporting (2022)
The new gender pay gap reporting snapshot date will be in June 2022 …
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Irish Republic: Vodafone improves pregnancy and fertility policies
Family friendly benefits extended to cover surrogacy and pregnancy loss …
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Irish Republic: Absence levels (Q4 2021)
Work absence levels have improved, but are still not back to pre-pandemic levels …
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Irish Republic: More protection from discrimination for carers
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has issued 60 recommendations concerning the reform of equality laws …
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Irish Republic: Remote working – Bill will require employers to have written policy on working from home
An outline of a new “Right to Request Remote Working Bill” has just been published under the government’s strategy “Making Remote Work” …
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Irish Republic: Pay freeze for Aer Lingus ground staff proposed until 2024
The Labour Court has recommended that Aer Lingus ground staff at Dublin airport accept a pay freeze until 2024 …
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Irish Republic: Extra bank holiday set for 18th March 2022
It has finally been decided to declare a one-off public holiday this year on the day after St Patrick’s Day, but for future years to operate a break on St Brigid’s Day …
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Irish Republic: Temporary derogation from driving and resting time rules due to driver shortage caused by the COVID-19 Omicron variant
The shortage of professional drivers has led the Road Safety Authority to increase driving times …
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Irish Republic: Private sector unions to seek pay rises of up to 4.5% in 2022
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) is recommending private sector wage deals of 2 …
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Irish Republic: New minimum pay rates for electrical contracting sector (2022-23)
A Statutory instrument has been signed establishing new minimum wages, pension and sick pay for the electrical contracting sector …
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Irish Republic: Security firms resolve legal action over industry pay plan
An employment regulation order by the Labour Court introducing a wage increase for the security industry has been quashed …
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Irish Republic: Change in 2022 social security threshold
From 1st January 2022, the weekly income threshold for the higher rate of employer’s Pay-Related Social Insurance (PRSI) will increase from €398 (US$448 …
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Irish Republic: Pandemic wage subsidy to be phased out by end of April 2022
The pandemic wage subsidy (EWSS) will be phased out by the end of April 2022 …
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Irish Republic: ‘Double bank holiday’ on the cards for March 2022 – Leo Varadkar
There now appears to be little support for an extra bank holiday in February next year, but a two-day break in March does seem to be a likelihood …
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Irish Republic: Statutory sick pay is on the way
The government has finally published its Sick Leave Bill 2021 …
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