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The Workplace Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021 (the Act) has been signed into law by the President and is awaiting commencement.

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.

The European Commission has published updated EU-wide guidance on gender-neutral job evaluation and classification.

The long awaited draft "whistleblowers" legislation has finally been published, and will no doubt be the subject of much scrutiny and discussion between employer and employee groups before it is passed.

We look at the growing gig economy workforce and how Irish employers can engage independent workers in 2017.

This year (2025) marked a significant milestone in Irish employment law: the tenth anniversary of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 (Act).

As the new workplace relations system is now in operation for over 30 weeks, we continue to provide you with updates of our experiences of the new system and how it is operating in practice.

As the new workplace relations system is now in operation for over 30 weeks, we continue to provide you with updates of our experiences of the new system and how it is operating in practice.

The recent decision of A Scheduler v An Installation Provider [2020] serves as a timely reminder that Irish-based employers will be held responsible for workplace bullying and harassment conducted by its employees ...

The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation has opened a six-week public consultation period for interested parties and stakeholders to submit their comments on the proposed changes...

Contacts and connections are a key asset for many businesses, particularly those in the B2B space.

In the recent case of Hussein v The Labour Court and Younis, the High Court quashed a €92,000 award made by the Labour Court to a non-national man in relation to employment law breaches because his employment was unlawful, as he did not have a work permit.

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.

As a result of a recent UK decision, we review risks associated with providing employment references and with seeking to withdraw a job offer on foot of a negative employment reference.

Bring-your-own-device ("BYOD") – where companies allow employees to use their own mobile phones, tablets, and/or laptops for work – is a practice that is quietly growing year-by-year.

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 Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 continues to progress through the legislative process.