Doyle Shipping Group Unlimited has plead guilty at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to causing the death of Mr. James Byrne, who was killed instantly on the 6th June, 2018 when a 6m steel column fell on top of him as he used a blow torch to separate it from a larger metal structure. Specifically, [...]
The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has upheld a claim for sexual harassment and ordered a beauty salon to pay €25,000 in compensation to its former employee. The full decision can be found on the WRC website reference: ADJ-00025776. What happened? The complainant was at a staff event organised by the company in the local pub. [...]
While it is unlikely that companies will be holding traditional Christmas functions this year, some may hold them early next year and in the mean time zoom parties may still give rise to many of the HR issues that can cost your company a lot of money. In our experience, the biggest complaint that arises [...]
Employees are having to utilize leave entitlements that they may not have used before and employers are struggling to understand what their rights are. For any child born or adopted since the 1st November 2019, parent's leave entitles each parent to 2 weeks' leave during the first year of a child's life, or in the [...]
Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) have shown an experiment on Twitter demonstrating how a spillage of hand sanitiser can burn invisibly and unnoticed. The DFB spokesperson explained: "It's because of the alcohol content. Alcohol/ethanol burns with an almost invisible flame." "Dispensers should have an integrated drip tray, or tray underneath to catch spillages. Any spillages should [...]
Firstly, we should look at how Jim came to decide on the role and the level of experience and skill it needed. Jim was only spending a part of his day on payroll issues, though daily they were not taking up all of his time. To that end he more than likely did not need [...]
Read through the case study below and see if you can spot the issues. We will publish the key issues next week for you to reflect on. Case Study: Jim owns a small factory with 30 staff and has noticed that he is spending more and more time dealing with the company payroll. Small issues [...]
Currently the National Minimum Wage is €10.10 per hour, however, on the 1st January 2021 this is set to increase to €10.20 (an increase of 10 cents). Employers will automatically think of the increase in PRSI, but this has been considered also. To this end the employer PRSI threshold currently set at €395 will increase [...]
Staff handbooks are not static and should be reviewed regularly. Additionally, when business throws a curve ball it is important that you are able to update your handbook or add a policy to keep it fresh. One of the most asked for policy updates we have been asked for is a Work-from-Home policy. When you [...]
This has been the year of 'the unexpected' and employees are having to explore various leave entitlements that many employers may not have come across before or had very little experience of. Ideally your contract of employment or staff handbook should set out the various leave entitlements and manner in which they should be applied [...]