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2016 was an interesting year for Irish employment law. We look at the significant efficiencies achieved by the Workplace Relations Commission during its first full year in operation.

The arrival of severe snow and ice conditions across the country this week may lead to difficulties for employees getting to work and businesses staying open.

In recent weeks we have seen a number of additional milestones passed in the Government's proposed introduction of auto enrolment (AE). We have set out below a summary of the main updates.

2016 was a mixed bag with little change for pensions in Ireland.

In a Defined Benefit, or DB, scheme, the employer bears the financial risk of the plan. If the amount contributed to the scheme is insufficient to discharge the liability, the employer must pay the balance.

On 14 June 2016 the Pensions Authority published the third tranche of its codes of governance for defined contribution schemes.

On Thursday 26 September, the Court of Justice of the European Union released two divergent legal opinions on two separate recent cases regarding leave entitlements for women who had children via a surrogate mother.

The Department of Finance recently published the Tax Strategy Group's paper on possible change to the taxation of share-based remuneration.

The Department of Social Protection has published a press release confirming the formal establishment of the National Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Authority...

As we previously reported (here), the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 provides the legislative basis for gender pay gap (GPG) reporting in Ireland.

Revenue have now produced the new electronic form, known as the Employer's Share Awards (ESA) return.

The Trusted Partner Initiative (the "Scheme") was launched by the Employment Permits Section of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on 12 May 2015.

Brexit is bad news for pension schemes. Since 23 June, we have seen falls in equity markets and increases in the cost of purchasing annuities.

The Interdepartmental Group on Fuller Worker Lives has published their Report on policies around retirement age in both the public and private sectors.

On Thursday 26 September, the Court of Justice of the European Union released legal opinions on two recent cases regarding leave entitlements for women who had children via a surrogate mother.

The Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Act 2025 (the “Act”) has passed through both Houses of the Oireachtas and was signed into law by the President on 16 December 2025.

2016 was an interesting year for Irish employment law. We look at the significant efficiencies achieved by the Workplace Relations Commission during its first full year in operation.