The Department of Social Protection published a Code of Practice on Determining Employment Status in January 2023. They have now updated it in November 2024 to take into account the Supreme Court decision in Karshan (Midlands) Ltd t/a Domino’s Pizza case. That case is a seminal case in addressing the question of who is an … Read more
In October 2023 the Supreme Court has decided that the drivers in this case are employees. The Supreme Court has issued an important decision in the long running case involving Domino’s Pizza delivery drivers. This is a decision which will have significant impact in other cases which involve the issue of whether an employee is … Read more
Are you an employer? Do you find employment law confusing? Who could blame you for there is a plethora of acts, statutory instruments, regulations, common law obligations, health and safety responsibilities with which you have to deal. The Workplace Relations Commission published a handy “Employer’s Record Log” in January 2020 which I have just come … Read more
Whether a person is considered to be an employee or self-employed is of vital importance when it comes to employment law, taxation, social welfare benefits, etc. For example, you cannot win a claim for unfair dismissal if you were not actually an employee. There is a new Code of Practice for giving guidance on the … Read more
Employment termination agreement, severance agreement, compromise agreement, waiver agreement, settlement agreement. It has many names but it amounts to the same thing. The employment is being terminated and the employee is being asked to sign some type of agreement and enter into another contract with the employer. I see a lot of these agreements on … Read more