Category: Health and Safety
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Illness benefit for Covid 19 absences from the workplace
Did you know that there is an enhanced illness benefit payment available for Covid 19 related absences? When does it apply? When a person has been told to self-isolate by a doctor or the HSE, or when they have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. The illness benefit claim must be submitted online with a certificate…
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Working from Home-Employment Law Issues to Consider
Working from home as a consequence of the Covid 19 pandemic has led to unanticipated areas of concern from an employment law perspective. The two principal areas giving rise to concern are to do with: Health and safety Data privacy/GDPR The two statutory bodies in Ireland with responsibility for health and safety and data protection-the…
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The Return to Work Safely (COVID-19) Protocol-What You Need to Know
The Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation have published an important document-the Return to Work Safely Protocol-to help employers and employees return to work safely after the Covid-19 lockdown. The Return to Work Safely Protocol sets out the steps that businesses must take before reopening, and once the workplace is opened for resumption of normal…
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The Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (COVID-19) Act 2020-Important Employment Law Changes
The Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (COVID-19) Act 2020 came into effect this week. The act contains some remarkable provisions in the public interest to help fight the effects of the coronavirus. Let’s take a look at at some key aspects of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (COVID-19) Act 2020 as the…
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Occupational Stress and Actionable Workplace Stress-the Crucial Difference
In the course of my work, on a daily or weekly basis, I meet employees who tell me they are ‘stressed’ or have been signed off work by their doctor due to workplace stress. When I discuss the matter more fully I discover a wide range of reasons as to why the employee feels stress.…