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The Workplace Relations Commission published its annual report for 2023. The report sets out information on the adjudication, mediation, conciliation services provided by the WRC in 2023.

Advocate General's opinion in Lock v British Gas Trading Limited concluded that where an employee receives a basic salary and variable commission, his / her holiday pay must include not only the basic salary but an amount equivalent to what the employee might have earned by way of commission during the holiday period.

In the latest episode of Matheson's Employment Law Podcast series, Bryan Dunne discusses a recent Employment Appeals Tribunal ("EAT") ruling regarding an employee on long term absence.

In episode 9 of our Employment Law podcast series Bryan Dunne reviews a recent decision in which an employee's High Court claim for stress related personal injuries was dismissed on the basis that the employee had already issued proceedings before the Equality Tribunal on the same facts.

We are pleased to share the third instalment in our 2022 Employment Law Series featuring short and informative webcasts where Karen Killalea, Partner and head of our Employment team, and Associate, Ciara Ní Longaigh, ...

We are pleased to share the third instalment in our 2022 Employment Law Series featuring short and informative webcasts where Karen Killalea, Partner and head of our Employment team, and Associate, Ciara Ní Longaigh...

A discussion based on a recently issued judgment around an appeal on a point of law from a determination of the Employment Appeals Tribunal regarding a proposed collective redundancy.

In July 2011, the High Court handed down its landmark ruling on Joint Labour Committees in the case of John Grace Fried Chicken Ltd .v. Catering Joint Labour Committee regarding a constitutional challenge mounted by members of the Quick Service Food Alliance.

When Andrew Templeton resigned from his employment with Romero, after he was notified that his role was being put at risk of redundancy, he began working at another insurance company the very next day, bringing a number of ex-Romero clients with him

In this episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, Bryan Dunne, Head of Employment, is joined by partner Alice Duffy to examine the growing trend of employees using generative AI tools to draft workplace grievances, disciplinary responses and appeal submissions.

The National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) prosecuted 143 employers last year for breaching workers rights and secured convictions in 32 cases.

On return from a combination of sick leave and maternity leave in 2008, Marie Cunningham instituted a claim for gender discrimination against her employer.

On 31 July 2015, the English Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in Petter v EMC Europe Ltd and Anor [2015] EWCA Civ 828, which was an appeal from the English High Court.

On 8 March 2016, the Workplace Relations Commission ("WRC") awarded €9,229 to a Spanish au pair on the grounds that her employer had breached aspects of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000...

In October 2014 in Dublin District Court, Dublin Zoo was given the benefit of the Probation Acts after they made a full apology, gave a €5,000 contribution to charity, and entered a guilty plea to a charge of breaching section 19.4 of the Safety Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005.

The Labour Court has issued its first recommendation under new legislation to provide an improved framework for workers seeking to enhance their terms and conditions of employment...

In July 2014, the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation published the Workplace Relations Bill 2014.