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Looking back on 2019, we saw lots of interesting developments across many areas of employment law. Some of the major talking points and themes for employers over this period included the Supreme Court

In a development that will be of some relief for employers, in Kearney v Byrne Wallace, the High Court has affirmed that it does not have jurisdiction to grant an injunction in circumstances...

The Labour Court has upheld the dismissal of a former Dublin City Council employee for persistent and excessive absence.

In Permanent TSB v Christopher Callan, the Labour Court found that the dismissal of a senior customer adviser (a control function) by Permanent TSB ("PTSB"),...

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

With preparations in full swing for the festive season, we review typical workplace issues commonly faced by employers at this time of year and suggest some practical tips for dealing with them successfully.

Looking back on 2019, we saw lots of interesting developments across many areas of employment law. Some of the major talking...

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) recently made an award of €120,000 to a former employee (Complainant) of the Irish based sales operation of Econocom Digital Finance Ltd (Econocom).

Permanent TSB v Christopher Callan was a rare example of a dismissal case relating to fitness and probity in the regulated financial sector and was the focus of a briefing earlier this year

In A Security Officer v A Security Company, the Workplace Relations Commission ("WRC") ordered the respondent security company to re-engage an employee who had been dismissed for gross misconduct...

Redundancies are not a new phenomenon for employers in Ireland, but there has been a notable increase in recent months, particularly in the tech sector, that has dominated media headlines.

In The In-House Lawyer's Summer Magazine 2019, Partner and Head of Employment, Karen Killalea writes about the practical issues employers should consider when managing workplace investigations.

In The Governing Body of Tywyn Primary School v Alpin, the UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ("EAT") recently ruled that the adverse treatment of a gay teacher,

Dealing with misconduct in the workplace is, unfortunately, an issue that most employers will have to address at one stage or another.

Mr. Reilly was a sales manager with BOI with 8 years’ service and an exemplary work record.

The High Court decision in Lyons V Longford Westmeath Education and Training Board [2017/IEHC 272] arguably caused the most controversy in the world of employment law in 2017, not least because the High Court ...

The Court of Appeal of England and Wales has found that a shop steward, dismissed by his employer for storing and sharing "stolen, private and confidential information that was the property of a manager" ...

Two separate unfair dismissal cases, where the complainants were awarded approximately €120,000 each, serve as a cautionary tale for employers and highlight the importance of affording employees whose roles are...