We are hearing more of our employees saying that they are feeling anxious and stressed due to the change in current work practices; working from home and juggling childcare. How do we handle it?

The coronavirus situation is continually and rapidly evolving and we encourage you to keep up to date with guidance from the Government and Public Health Agency.

With a heatwave sweeping across Europe, record summer temperatures in recent years, and more frequent storms, the legal landscape around extreme weather and employment is evolving.

Ireland has launched its Action Plan to Promote Collective Bargaining 2026-2030. This reaffirms its commitment to voluntarism, favouring encouragement, guidance and financial incentives over legal mandates.

Our Employment Group considers the key aspects of the Strategy which reflect the Government's intention to "ensure remote working is a permanent feature in the Irish workforce" and not simply a feature of life in a pandemic.

In a recent decision, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) found that an employee was constructively dismissed when her employer rejected her request to work from home at the onset...

A comprehensive accident protocol is of great assistance in dealing with an accident at the workplace.

In this advisory, we examine the possible impact on sick pay, illness benefit, remote working, lay-off and/or short-term working and unpaid and paid leave.

On the 16th of December 2022, the Government announced the introduction of the European Union (Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions) Regulations 2022 (the "Regulations").

The recent High Court decision of John Clarke v. CGI Food Services Limited and CGI Holdings Limited [2020] IEHC 368 demonstrates the broad scope of the definition of 'protected disclosures' under ...

Now that Ireland is in the initial roll-out phase of the COVID-19 vaccine (vaccine), it is advisable for employers to begin preparing for its implications in the workplace.

Employers owe both a common law and statutory duty to ensure the health and safety of their employees. But how extensive is this obligation and when are employees responsible

The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 2005, together with the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations, 2007 and the Fire Services Act, 1981 place on employers a number of obligations in respect of fire safety in the workplace.

In a recent decision, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) found that the Sick Leave Act 2022 (Act) permits an employer to substitute more favourable sick pay terms for the statutory sick pay scheme under the Act...

Everyone seems a little jaded as we battle through another (rainy) lockdown in Ireland. Employers and employees are cranky and exhausted, trying their best to figure out how to balance their working day.

A new Code of Practice for Employers and Employees on the Prevention and Resolution of Bullying at Work came into effect by way of Statutory Instrument on 23 December 2020 (Code).

As the National COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy in Ireland gathers pace, employers are frequently asking whether they can make decisions on who returns to work and when based on an employee's vaccination status.

The Irish government has published its promised Code of Practice on the right to disconnect from work outside normal working hours.

The Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions Regulations 2022 ("the Regulations") came into effect on 16 December 2022. The Regulations transpose the EU Directive 2019/1152...