Category: Employment Law Procedures and Policies
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Legal Representation in Disciplinary Proceedings in the Workplace-October, 2018 WRC Decision Clarifies
Are you entitled to legal representation if you are involved in a disciplinary proceeding in your workplace? If you are an employer how do you respond to requests from an employee who is the subject of a disciplinary or investigation procedure to be represented by a solicitor or barrister? Last year I wrote about three…
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Employers: Don’t Make the Mistake of Looking for ‘Bullet Proof’ Contracts or Waivers
Mick came in to see me last week. He had had enough. ‘Enough is enough’, he barked. Mick is a small employer. Old fashioned, grim, swarthy. He had enough of this employment law nonsense. He was looking for a way to ensure that his workers would stop giving him grief, and ‘cop themselves on’. Or,…
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Irish and UK Employment Law-What Are the Main Differences?
There are huge similarities between Irish law and UK law, which is to be expected as the Irish legal system originates from the English legal System. The Irish legal system exists in a common law jurisdiction, as opposed to a civil law jurisdictions like France and other European countries. Other common law jurisdictions include the…
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How Employers Can Deal With the Problem Employee (and Avoid Costly Employment Law Claims)
There’s a lad from outside Mullingar who has a peculiar way of making a living. I’ll tell you about that another time, though. Because last week he paid me a visit on different business: the common problem of the “problem employee”? How do you handle this familiar problem? Many employers come to me with…