Thousands of commuters across the country were faced with major delays following the cancellation of services by Irish Rail due to strike action by its employees.

The United Kingdom European Union membership referendum is scheduled to take place on 23 June 2016.

On September 2, 2024, Ireland's Employment Permits Act, the biggest reform of Ireland's employment permits since 2006, went into effect.

The Tax Appeals Commission examined whether an employee working in Ireland under an A1 certificate, who paid social security contributions in another EU jurisdiction rather than Irish PRSI, could claim tax exemption on a redundancy payment. The case centered on the interpretation of the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 requirements and whether EU Regulation 883/2004 on social security coordination could override Irish tax law provisions for statutory redundancy payments.

An order quashing a 2018 Sectoral Employment Order (SEO) for the Mechanical Engineering Building Services Contracting Sector, was granted by the High Court on 10 October 2023.

During 2009 and 2010, a number of extensions were granted to the statutory deadlines for submission of funding proposals.

A discussion on a recent decision which has clarified the law relating to redundancy payments paid to employees close to retirement age.

The Trusted Partner Initiative was launched by the Employment Permits Section of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on 12 May 2015.

Employers and employment practitioners have eagerly awaited a first decision under the new Sick Leave Act 2022 which has been in force since January 2023.

Private pension funds are to be hit by a 0.6% levy.

The Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022 (the Bill), which will transpose the EU Whistleblowing Directive (Whistleblowing Directive), was published last month and amends and extends the existing Irish framework for...

The year 2024 and the first quarter of 2025 have seen continuous and significant growth in the market for bulk purchase annuities ("BPAs")/pension risk transfers ("PRTs") in the United Kingdom.

As most trustees are now likely aware, the Digital Operational Resilience Act (EU) 2022/2554 ("DORA") will apply to Irish occupational pension schemes from 17 January 2025.

MK was employed as CEO by the Company, a supplier of medical clothing, since 1 February 2021. MK was also appointed director of the Company's other related entities.

In July 2021, the Tánaiste received Cabinet approval to commence work on draft legislation which, if enacted, will see paid statutory sick leave introduced in Ireland for the first time.

Matheson recently hosted a webinar on the key employment themes that we expect to dominate in the coming year.

Due to the ominous weather warnings in place across Ireland in preparation for ex-hurricane Ophelia's arrival, many businesses have asked employees to only attend work if it is safe for them to do so.

The directive sets out minimum standards regarding pay transparency that EU Member States are required to implement in terms of (among other things):

This week in the Republic of Labour Law, we discuss an upcoming change to Parent's Leave. Currently, Parent's Leave entitles each parent to two weeks' leave during the first year of a child's life

The Pensions Authority published its Statement of Strategy 2016-2020 on Friday 4 March.