Terry Gorry The High Court case between Ryanair DAC and Peter Bellew is an important one because it gives us further guidance in the area of restrictive covenants in the contract of employment. A restrictive covenant is basically a covenant in a contract of employment preventing a departing employee from working for a competitor for a certain … Read more
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Employee or self employed? This was the case of a medical doctor with his own practice who claimed he was an employee in respect of his work for a training provider. This is a common issue: whether an individual was an employee or was self-employed, notwithstanding the statement in a contract that the individual was … Read more
Would you like to avail of a ‘flexible working’ arrangement? Would your lifestyle be improved beyond recognition by a little bit of space and stillness that flexible working might bring? In August 2019 a new EU Directive came into force: the EU Directive on Work-Life Balance. Member states have three years within which to implement … Read more
Disputes and rows often flare up around bonuses at the end of the year. Disappointment and a sense of betrayal are sentiments felt by employees when they discover they are not going to receive the expected bonus. Not only is the bonus expected but there is a feeling, quite rightly, that it may well have … Read more