This is an Appeal of an Adjudication Officer’s Decision No: ADJ-00007192 CA-00009679-001 case reference UDD 1973 Labour Court. The Labour Court has upheld the dismissal of a former Dublin City Council employee for persistent and excessive absence. The employee commenced employment with the employer as a Waste Management Operative from May 2007 and was dismissed [...]
What does Restriction mean? Restriction on trade is not a legal right nor can you contract an employee to commit to terms that prevents them from working for a competitor because you want "your cake and to eat it". Simply saying I don’t want them selling products that I sell or working for a competitor [...]
Vehicle-related workplace deaths Vehicles have become a major cause of workplace deaths, despite the best efforts of the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and HSA. The HSA reported 39 work-related fatalities in 2018, down from 48 in 2017 ─ a 19% decline. Despite the decline, the main dangers last year still came from vehicles in [...]
How do companies properly use the information collected from consumers, that benefits companies, customers and the market in general, allowing the production and sale of goods and services that are vital for the economy to work. How does a company develop it business while protecting itself against breaches of GDPR? Most companies hold details of [...]
Employment Law Updates for 2020 Wage Increase: €10.10 is the new minimum wage from February 1st, 2020 which is covered by the NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE ACT, 2000. Section 11.—(1) says, the Minister shall, by order, after taking into account the impact the proposed rate may have on employment, the overall economic conditions in the [...]
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Nano Nagle case: Duties of an employer Section 16 of the Employment Equality Acts requires an employer to take appropriate measures to facilitate persons with disabilities in accessing and participating in employment unless those measures would impose a disproportionate burden on the employer. The Act provides non-exhaustive examples [...]