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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.

In response to the Pensions Commission Recommendations and Implementation Plan, the Government committed to a range of pension reforms which included a commitment relating...

Ireland has until 7 June 2026 to transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive (the "Directive"). The Directive aims to strengthen the principle of equal pay for equal work through pay transparency measures and stronger enforcement provisions, while also introducing gender pay gap ("GPG") reporting obligations across Europe.

Last week, the much anticipated Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 (the "Bill") was passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas and is with the President to be signed into law.

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...

The Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024 (the "Employment Act") was signed into law on 9 May 2024 albeit the provisions have not yet commenced.

The Workplace Relations Commission Annual Report (the "Report") highlights the key achievements, ongoing challenges and emerging trends in employment claims in Ireland.

Given the recent, well publicised escalation of industrial action by public sector unions, we thought it timely to examine the law governing industrial action in Ireland.

The Department for the Economy announced the most significant changes in a decade to the NI employment law framework in July 2024...

As many countries, including Ireland, are stepping up preparations in the event that the Coronavirus outbreak continues to unfold, in this update, we look at the preparations that employers in Ireland should be making ...

The Government has published the much-anticipated Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019. The Bill has been presented to Dáil Éireann where it now awaits Second Stage.

A changing age demographic, economic necessity, the pension pay gap and changes to the State Pension age have meant that many people will want to continue working past the traditional retirement age ...

Mandatory gender pay gap (GPG) reporting, which aims to provide transparency on the GPG and incentivise employers to take measures to narrow the gap to the extent possible...

The much-anticipated Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022 ("Bill") has finally been published.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Workplace Relations Act 2015 can be challenged on its constitutionality before the High Court.

In this second article in our two-part series, Linda Hynes, partner in the Employment, Immigration and Reward team of Lewis Silkin Ireland, looks at the recent guidance issued...

It may come to light that an employee who once had the right to work in Ireland may no longer have such permission. For example, they may have forgotten to apply for a renewal of their immigration permission before it expired or they may not be able to provide evidence of their immigration status during a repeat right to work check. These scenarios may produce a heart-in-mouth moment for a manager or HR.