Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Irish Republic as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Irish Republic: Amgen’s new 24/7 system of shiftwork
The Labour Court has ruled that employees of the biopharm company Amgen should accept a new 24/7 system of shiftwork …
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Irish Republic: Limits on probation among planned workers’ rights measures
The government is working on a draft law to implement an EU Directive on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions and may use this as pretext to limit probationary periods …
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Irish Republic: Temporary extension of Irish residence permit.
People who held a valid permit to be in the Republic in March 2020 are lawfully allowed to remain until 15th January 2022 – even if their Irish Residence Permit (IRP) card has expired and they are awaiting a new one …
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Irish Republic: Increase in State pension age to 67 should be delayed by seven years, report to recommend
The Pensions Commission has recommended that the age at which people receive the State Pension should not rise further until 2028 …
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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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