Organisational Culture “How are you getting on with Covid and work and all that” James Larkin 17th December 2021 ESA Introduction Every organisation is built on human relationships and interactions. This creates, controls and influences how your organisation operates. These human experiences in your organisation can be defined as your organisations culture. Your HR strategies, [...]
CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 POLICY FOR PERSON OF CLOSE CONTACT OR WITH SYMPTOMS As a company ******** Ltd is fully committed to providing a safe working environment to all its employees and visitors who may be at risk of infection, or of spreading Coronavirus Covid-19 infection, especially if their role brings them into contact with other people. [...]
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 [...]
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 to being in close contact with a diagnosed COVID-19 they will have been sent a letter or HSE text message. [...]
We have all seen the stats and info-pics on the benefits of masks, but there are some individuals who, for various reasons, don't want to wear one. Whatever people choose to do in their private life, in the workplace there are some immediate requirements that leave little room for personal choice. The Government has set [...]
Employers have been contacting ESA at a loss to do with employees who are refusing to return to work. Employers were forced to send employees home at various stages of the Covid-10 pandemic and in most cases these employees came into receipt of the €350 Covid-19 payment. For some employees this was just enough to [...]
We have been dealing with many employers going through the awful process of redundancies lately and time and time again they are riddled with guilt and upset at having to go down the road of redundancies. Naturally, for the employee it is a tremendously difficult time too, but, we want to address the employers here. [...]
These are the six main focus points for businesses: TWSS (Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme) TWSS will now be extended and its name changed to: Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme and will run from September 2020 to March 2021. PUP (Pandemic Unemployment Payment) PUP will be extended to April [...]
The Health and Safety Authority (the “HSA”) is the government agency with responsibility to ensure compliance with workplace health and safety (Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 (the “2005 Act”)). Its remit now includes ensuring compliance with the Return to Work Safely Protocol (the “Protocol”). In this article, we look at the four [...]
We have received a few concerned phone calls from employers who have employees returning from abroad. The current Government regulations require anyone coming into the country to self-isolate for 14 days. As an employer you are obliged to let your employee do this before allowing them return to the workplace. The question is are you, [...]