Recent news

Latest items of recent news relevant to Irish Republic as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.

Irish Republic: Remote hearings

Please note that due to government level 5 COVID-19 restrictions, the Workplace Relations Commission has suspended all face-to-face hearings and replaced them with those held on a virtual basis …

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Irish Republic: Discrimination case highlights duties of agency work providers

The Workplace Relations Commission has backed a complaint by an agency worker for treating her less favourably because of her gender …

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Irish Republic: New workplace bullying code of practice in force

A new statutory code of practice concerning bullying at work has now come into force …

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Irish Republic: EWSS is likely to continue until the end of 2021

The Minister for Finance, Pascal Donohoe, has privately made it clear that the current Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) that replaced the former Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (“TWSS”) in September 2020 is likely to continue until the end of 2021 …

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Irish Republic: Further extension of automatic renewal until 20th April 2021

All valid immigration permissions that are due to expire from 21st January 2021 to 20th April 2021 will be automatically extended by the Minister to the end date of this period, i …

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Irish Republic: Code of practice on the ‘‘right to disconnect’’

The Workplace Relations Commission is undertaking a public consultation on a new code of practice concerning the right to disconnect outside normal working hours …

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Irish Republic: National minimum wage will increase on 1 January 2021

The new national gross hourly minimum wage changed on 1st January 2021 to €10 …

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Irish Republic: Government agrees to extend Credit Guarantee Scheme and redundancy provisions

The restriction on redundancies under the employment wage subsidy scheme ends on 31st March 2021 – at the same time as the suspension of employees’ rights to claim redundancy after a period of temporary lay-off …

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Irish Republic: DETE to print hard copies of employment permits issued electronically since March

Employment permits granted since March 2020 that were issued electronically, but not printed due to COVID-19, will now be printed …

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Irish Republic: Government updates Protocol to protect staff in the workplace

The government has recently updated the Work Safely Protocol in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace …

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Irish Republic: Streamlined residence card renewal process for Dublin residents

The government has prepared a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document in relation to immigration permission documentation and permission to stay applications online …

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Irish Republic: Call for submissions on occupations lists due 11th December

Employers who are interested in submitting comments on the “Critical Skills Occupations List” and the “Ineligible List of Occupations for Employment Permits” may do so via email before the closing date: 11th December 2020 …

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Irish Republic: Employee awarded €9,000 for constructive dismissal due to employer giving a bad reference

A recent case before the Adjudication Officer raised the question whether a negative written reference could be used as the basis for a claim of constructive dismissal under Section 1 of the Unfair Dismissal Act 1977 …

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Irish Republic: Redundancy provisions relating to temporary lay-off and short-time work extended

The emergency suspension of an employee’s right to claim redundancy following a period of temporary lay-off or short time was brought into effect from 13th March 2020 under Part 8 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (COVID-19) Act 2020 …

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Irish Republic: Government approves increase in the National Minimum Wage from 1st January 2021

With effect from 1st January 2021, over 122,000 workers will benefit from the increased national minimum hourly wage of €10 …

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