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The WRC has awarded an actor €20,000 for disability discrimination after she was dismissed from a musical production, due to what was claimed were "creative differences".

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath, TD, has signed the commencement order for the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022.

The Maternity Protection, Employment Equality and Preservation of Certain Records Act 2024 came into operation on 20 November 2024.

Matheson recently hosted a webinar as part of its Employment Law Masterclass Series, on the Irish Code of Practice on the Right to Disconnect introduced in April.

William Fry has published its Gender Pay Gap report for the second year, in compliance with the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021.

Ireland will increase its minimum wages to EUR 10.20 on January 1, 2021.

In November 2013, the English High Court held in JM Finn & Co Ltd v Holliday that a garden leave covenant of 12 months' duration was reasonable in circumstances where a client base needed to be secured.

Listen to the podcast to find out the facts, key outcomes from the case and what this means for you as representatives of large employers in Ireland.

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has continued its streak of record-breaking awards of compensation for dismissal.

The Labour Court public consultation process on the variation of the Sectoral Employment Order ("SEO") for Mechanical Engineering and Building Services Contractors is closing soon.

The Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Act 2024 has been signed into law. The Act, once commenced,

As the end of 2020 approaches, the William Fry Employment & Benefits team is releasing a 3 part series of short videos. These will be released in December 2020 and January 2021...

The Employment Permits Act 2024 has been signed into law.

The Employment Equality Act 1998 (Section 20A) (Gender Pay Gap Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 have been signed into law. As expected, these Regulations bring into the scope of gender...

On 8 March 2013 the Minister for Justice, Alan Shatter signed the European Union Regulations 2013 into law, transposing the provisions of the revised Parental Leave Directive.

The Supreme Court has found, by a narrow majority, that the Workplace Relations Act 2015 (the Act) as implemented by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is not unconstitutional.

In the Judicial review proceedings of Amjad Hussein -V- The Labour Court and Mohammah Younis [2012] No. 194 J.R., the High Court has overturned a Labour Court Decision awarding the sum of €92,000 in compensation to a migrant worker in respect of claims under the Terms of Employment (Information) Act, 1994, the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997 and the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000 on the basis that the employee did not have a work permit.