Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Irish Republic as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
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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Irish Republic: Aer Lingus to impose further temporary pay cuts
Although negotiations continue over the restructuring of ground handling and cabin crew at Aer Lingus, the company has decided to reduce the cut in pay and hours from 30% to 50% …
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Irish Republic: Redundancy package for “An Post” employees
One advantage of responding to a 75% reduction in workload is being in the public sector, where normal commercial constraints sometimes do not apply …
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Irish Republic: Government extends immigration permission for foreign nationals until January 2021
Under the latest temporary visa extension, foreign nationals with an expiry date on visa immigration stamps that fall between 20th September 2020 and 20th January 2021 will be able to remain in Ireland until at least 20th January 2021 …
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Irish Republic: Approved profit sharing scheme reporting deadline extended
Revenue-approved profit sharing schemes are subject each year to annual reporting through the ESS1 form …
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Irish Republic: Automatic renewal of immigration permissions
Visas and permits expiring between 20th August and 20th September 2020 will be automatically renewed for a period of one month …
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Irish Republic: Draft proposals on the security guarding sector
The Labour Court has published its draft proposals for the JLC covering the security guarding sector …
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Irish Republic: Dispute on worker car parking
There are sometimes good reasons for a union to go to court, but a dispute about worker car parking is not one of them …
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Irish Republic: Atypical working scheme applications now online
The Atypical Working Scheme allows non-EEA nationals to work in a position not covered by other short-term immigration schemes …
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Irish Republic: COVID-19 passenger locator form
Anyone traveling to the Irish Republic, with limited exceptions (i …
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Irish Republic: SEO set aside
The High Court has set aside the sectoral employment order (SEO) for the electrical contracting industry because provisions of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 were judged to be unconstitutional …
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Irish Republic: Merck Millipore advised by Labour Court to engage with two unions
The Labour Court has asked the healthcare company Merck Millapore to engage with the trades unions “Connect” and “SIPTU” in order to deal with outstanding disputed issues …
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Irish republic: Short Stay Visa Waiver Programme to be temporarily suspended
Foreign nationals from 17 countries, including China, India, Qatar, and Russian Federation, will no longer be in a position to use their UK short-stay visa to enter the Irish Republic, but must apply separately for an Irish visa …
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Irish Republic: Minister McEntee announces expansion of online Registration Renewal System to include all Dublin-based non-nationals
Employees who hold Irish Residence Permits (IRP) and are resident in Dublin, may now renew their IRPs online here rather than having to attend an in-person appointment …
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Irish Republic: Company ordered to pay €41k to woman whose role ‘contracted’ after maternity leave
An adjudication officer of the Workplace Relations Commission has awarded a senior HR manager 6 months’ salary (€41,370) for distress arising from discrimination …
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