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An employee who is absent from work for a long time because of sickness or ill-health is entitled to a certain level of sympathetic consideration from their employer.

Today, the Tánaiste will sign the Code of Practice for Employers and Employees on the Right to Disconnect. Our Employment Group examines the key features and resulting obligations on employers.

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...

In the wake of eased pandemic restrictions earlier this year and a slow transition out of the default "work from home where you can" position, many employers opted to trial a hybrid...

In 2014, the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (the 2014 Act) was introduced to protect whistleblowers from dismissal or penalisation. In 2019, the EU Whistleblower Directive was published...

Recent statements from the Government indicate that employees may be returning to offices as early as August 2021. In this briefing, we consider key developments in the revised Work Safely Protocol...

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

The Draft Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022 was published by the Irish government on Tuesday 25 January 2022.

The Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022 (the "2022 Act") introduces significant changes to the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (the "2014 Act").

UNDER the Construction Regulations a ‘Client' means a person for whom a project is carried out. A ‘project' means an activity which includes or is intended to include construction work.

Proposals for the introduction of miscarriage leave and ‘safe leave' for victims of domestic abuse have recently been announced in Great Britain.

The recent UK Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers has had significant implications for equality law, but its effect in Northern Ireland remains uncertain.

We look at the requirements for the appointment of a Lead Worker Representative, their training and their function under Part C of the National Return to Work Safely Protocol ("the Protocol").

With a vaccination against coronavirus in sight, many employers in Ireland will understandably be eager to have their employees vaccinated in the hope of their...

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 first of these cases, a decision of the Irish High Court in Tibor Baranya v Rosderra Irish Meats Group Limited, considered whether a statement raised by an employee is a grievance or protected disclosure or possibly both?