Category: The Employment Contract
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Supreme Court decides Domino’s Pizza drivers are employees
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…
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The Employer’s Record Log from WRC-an extremely useful, free tool
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…
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Employee or Self Employed? New Code of Practice on Determining Status of Worker 2021
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…
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Employment Termination Agreements-the 1 Big Decision for the Employee
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…
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Force Majeure Clauses in the Employment Contract and the Coronavirus (Covid-19)
Does force majeure leave offer any relief to employees in the current Covid-19 crisis? Or does it create even more problems for employers who are already concerned about the many implications arising from the spread of the virus in Ireland? Force majeure is defined as a “superior force” and is afforded statutory recognition in Irish…