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Significant changes to Ireland’s employment law landscape are approaching, with new transparency, pension and equality obligations set to materially increase compliance and litigation risk for employers.

In this article, we review the current position on the gender pay gap in Ireland, what's happening with the proposed legislation to introduce mandatory ...

Almost one year after the enactment of the Gender Pay Gap (Information) Act 2021 ("Act") in July 2021, the Government recently published the Employment Equality Act...

The High Court rejected Ms Kerins' challenge to her treatment before the PAC hearings during the course of its examination of State funding to the Rehab Group in 2014.

The Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 (Bill) has been published. The Bill will transpose the EU Work Life Balance Directive (Directive) into Irish law...

Today's article looks at Dan Philpott – v – Marymount University Hospital and Hospice Limited, the first reported case under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (commonly referred to as the Whistleblower Protection legislation).

In an important step towards Ireland's implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive (2023/970/EU), the Irish Government published the General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024.

Proceed with caution! Terminating during probation was always one of the more straightforward ways in which to terminate an employment relationship,

The Irish Workplace Relations Commission (the "WRC") has published its first decision under the recently enacted Sick Leave Act 2022 (the "Act")...

There is a degree of fear, apprehension and sometimes misunderstanding surrounding the application of the TUPE Regulations.

On 12 May 2021, the General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill (GS) was published by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

In September 2025, the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) published its third insurance newsletter of 2025 (Newsletter).

Part 1 of our Engaging Interns blog highlighted the absence of law clarifying the status of interns in Ireland.

There is no law clarifying the status of interns in Ireland. For IP-rich organisations, this may impact their ability to commercialise the fruits of their labour.

Revenue is now providing employers with an opportunity to correct any payroll tax issues arising from bona fide classification errors for tax years 2024 and 2025, without penalty or interest.

The COVID-19 pandemic saw many employees thrust suddenly into the world of remote working. The line between work and leisure time quickly became blurred for many people.

Under this Act, if an employee has an employment contract with a mandatory retirement age that is lower than the State pension age (currently 66) (State Pension Age), the employee has the right to notify their employer that they do not consent to retire at that earlier age. The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has also updated its Code of Practice on Longer Working (Code) to reflect what employers and employees need to do under the Act.