Are you aware of the range of penalties that are set down in legislation in Ireland for breaches of employment law? There is a large number of statutes/acts dealing with all aspects of employment law in Ireland. These acts cover overnighting from unfair dismissal to working time to payment of wages to health and safety … Read more
Let me tell you a story. Last year a small shop owner in Westmeath, Mick*, faced a claim from a dismissed employee on the grounds of unfair dismissal. The employee, Séamus*, worked for Mick for about 18 months, or so. The background was typical enough. Seámus started off well in the job, full of enthusiasm. … Read more
Are you in danger of getting fired? Perhaps you have been fired already? Being fired does not define you as a person, you know. Not by a long shot. But it can be traumatic. There is one lesson, however, that you need to learn and apply to ensure you handle a sacking in the right … Read more
Since the introduction of the Workplace Relations Act, 2015 a new system of adjudicating employment complaints and disputes was introduced. The new system is a simpler one and did away with the Rights Commissioner and Employment Appeals Tribunal service and was replaced by a WRC Adjudication in the Workplace Relations Commission. The Workplace Relations Commission … Read more
The first time I met Séamus he was a worried man. Séamus is a small employer, with just a handful of employees. But he had to let one of them go recently because he just wasn’t working out. His attitude was disastrous and Séamus could not see how their relationship could be a happy one. … Read more