Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Irish Republic as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Irish Republic: High level working group convened to review collective bargaining and the industrial relations landscape
The High-Level Working Group set up by the government in March 2021 to examine collective bargaining and the current state of labour relations is well on its way to producing its report by the end of this year …
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Irish Republic: Record €225m fine imposed on WhatsApp by Irish regulator for ‘severe’ breaches of privacy law
The Irish supervisory authority has slapped fines arbitrarily amounting to a €225M (US$266M) on the messaging service WhatsApp for a series of largely inconsequential GDPR infringements …
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Irish Republic: Joint committee on justice publishes recommendations to reform the Irish data protection commission
An official review of the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has recommended a number of reforms – principally concerning the removal of processing delays and better application of penalties …
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Irish Republic: Woman accused of sexually harassing male co-worker loses appeal over dismissal
A woman has lost her claim before the High Court for unfair dismissal following a complaint from a male coworker about her conduct which amounted to his sexual harassment …
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Irish Republic: Public Consultation on the review of the Occupations Lists for Employment Permits
The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment has opened public consultations on the upcoming review of the Critical Skills Occupations List and the Ineligible Occupations List …
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Irish Republic: Tánaiste announces details of statutory sick pay scheme
The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar, has announced further details of the government’s statutory sick pay scheme …
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Irish Republic: Government announces further extension of commercial rates waiver for Q3 2021
Businesses currently eligible for the commercial rates waiver will continue to be eligible for an additional 3 months, as the Government has further extended the waiver to Q3 2021 …
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Irish Republic: Government to enhance rights of workers facing redundancy after insolvency
The government has decided to repeal section 14(3) of the Protection of Employment Act 1977 …
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Irish Republic: Sick pay on way
Employers should be mindful that the introduction of a general statutory sick pay obligation has been promised by the government to take place before the end of 2021 …
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Irish Republic: Powers of the Workplace Relations Commission
A question mark has been hanging over the powers of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) under the Irish Constitution ever since the matter was taken up by the Supreme Court …
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Irish Republic: Code of practice for employers and employees on the right to disconnect
Last December, we reported that the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) was consulting over a proposed Code of Practice on the “right to disconnect” …
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Irish Republic: Preliminary statistics of EWSS and CRSS (as at 1 April 2021)
Both the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) and the COVID Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS) will continue until 30th June 2021 …
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Irish Republic: Cabinet approves gender pay gap legislation proposals
The strengthened Gender Pay Gap Information Bill has just been approved by Cabinet …
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Irish Republic: Further temporary extension of immigration permissions to 20 September 2021
The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee has announced that all valid immigration permissions that are due to expire between 21st April 2021 and 20th September 2021 will be automatically extended to the end date of this period …
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Irish Republic: Paid parental leave entitlements to be extended from April 2021
With effect from 1st April 2021, paid Parent’s Benefit will be increased from 2 to 5 weeks for each parent …
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