WRC Finds Withholding of Ex-Gratia Payment, As Employee Refused to Sign Agreement, Amounted to Penalisation
In the recent decision of Robert Farrell v Modus Link Kildare Unlimited Company, ADJ-00032100, the WRC determined that the withholding by the Respondent of an ex-gratia payment because of the Complainant’s ongoing personal injuries claim against the Respondent constituted penalisation under section 27 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 (the ‘Act’).
HEUSSEN: ABG Capital advised on the purchase of an office building
ABG Capital, newly founded investment manager of the ABG Real Estate Group, has acquired a multi-story office building in Munich’s Sonnenstraße from Patrizia AG together with pension funds. The investors are planning a comprehensive modernization of the main building called “Franz” as well as the construction of an additional new building in the inner courtyard. …
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HEUSSEN strengthens its real estate and construction law practice in Frankfurt with Angelika Schwabe
HEUSSEN Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH has strengthened its Frankfurt office with Angelika Schwabe as a partner in real estate and construction law as of 1 December. Angelika Schwabe previously worked for many years as a lawyer and partner at BUSE in Frankfurt. Her practice focuses on private and public real estate and construction law with an interface …
Mergermarket Names Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Russia among the Russian Market’s Top-3 Law Firms
The prominent global Mergermarket directory has ranked Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Moscow among the TOP-3 legal advisors in Russia by number of major public deals closed during the last year. BCLP also made it into the Top Ten law firms with the biggest project portfolios in 2021.
Heads of Bill Published for Right to Request Remote Working Bill 2021
The Covid-19 Pandemic has seen remote working become a staple of the Irish workplace and with it, the Government has reiterated its commitment to its Remote Working Strategy. On 25th January 2022, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment published the eagerly anticipated draft Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Working Bill 2021 (the “Bill”), …
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Dismissal Held To Be Disproportionate Sanction, Yet Award Reduced As Employee Contributed To His Dismissal
Facts: The Complainant was appointed as a cargo surveyor with the Respondent on 1st April 2004 and was promoted to Operations Manager in 2006. He was second in command to the General Manager, and he was not allowed take holidays when the General Manager was absent. However, arrangements had been previously put in place to allow …
Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022
The Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022 (“the Bill”) was published on the 21st January 2022. The proposed legislation will amend the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 to provide for payments from the Department of Social Protection to employees who were laid off during the Covid-19 emergency period, beginning on 13 March 2020 and ending on 30 September 2021.
Expiration date of the identification documents and documents related to permanence of foreign citizens on national territory
With the emergence of the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic that globally affected all countries, it was necessary and urgent to promote measures and norms that could respond to the constraints and difficulties that immediately began to arise in most sectors of activity in the country, as well as in all public and private services. Unable to secure …
The UAE will now have an extra half day of rest in addition to Saturday and Sunday
On January 1st, 2022, with the aim of improving work-life balance and increasing the country’s economic competitiveness performance, an amendment to the Labor Law of the United Arab Emirates came into force to grant one more afternoon off, Friday afternoon, the day of the weekly great prayer in Muslim countries.
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PORTUGAL – THE RIGHT TO SUFFRAGE VS THE RIGHT TO HEALTH PROTECTION In the context of the pandemic of the disease COVID-19, determines the Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 5-A/2022, that measures are changed for those who are subject to compulsory confinement on the 30th of January 2022. Exceptionally and exclusively for the …