2023 changes in HR-Employment affecting you and your employees Changes and implementation When legislation changes the employment landscape, employers are at liberty to implement unilaterally the policies without having to seek the approval of the employees. Comparing its worth noting that if your conditions and terms are better than the new legislation you don’t [...]
Up until today retirees in Ireland who left their jobs at the traditional retirement age of 65 were forced to sign on to the Live Register and claim the dole until their State pension kicked in on their 66th birthday. Important points: The benefit only applies to people aged between 65 and 66 years of [...]
As of the 1st January 2021 the new National Minimum Wage in €10.20 gross per hour. There are some exceptions to the application of the national minimum wage. If you would like further information on these exceptions please contact us on 01 8774608 or [email protected] Stay well.
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Enterprise Ireland has re-launched a grant scheme that pays up to €40,000 or 90% of the project eligible costs to enhance their digital capability and to develop a more competitive online offer. The scheme is the COVID-19 Online Retail Scheme and the closing date for applications is Monday 28th September 2020 at 3pm. For further [...]
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, [...]