Case Study – Any of these issues familiar?
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 [...]
Minimum Wage increase set for 1st January 2021
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 [...]
What should be included in a Work-from-Home Policy?
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 [...]
What types of leave can an employee take if they have to look after someone?
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 [...]
COVID-19 Self-Isolation or Illness – what do I do?
We have had a lot of calls from employers trying to deal with employees who have been told to self-isolate and/or have been diagnosed with COVID-19. If an employee has been told to self-isolate due [...]
Happy Retirement? Maybe not!
There has been a deluge of claims in the WRC regarding the unfair termination of employment due to age. In January of this year, RTE were ordered to pay a former senior TV producer €100,000 [...]