ARTICLE · 15 MAY 2020

Conditions Of Work In COVID-19 Times – FAQs

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The Department of Industrial and Employment Relations has published a set of FAQs about the conditions of employment during the COVID-19 period.

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The Department of Industrial and Employment Relations has published a set of Frequently Asked Questions about the conditions of employment during the COVID-19 period. The FAQs cover issues around changes to contracts of employment, vacation / forced / quarantine / unpaid / maternity leave, redundancies, reduction of working hours, notice period, payment of statutory allowances. Worth noting is that an employer may temporarily change the applicable conditions of work as a measure for the survival of the organisation and the consequent retention of jobs following a written request from the employer and the issue of a permission by the DIER.

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