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 … Read more
Are pizza delivery workers employees or self-employed? This is a question that the Irish High Court has addressed with a judgment in December 2019 in a case involving Domino’s Pizza delivery drivers. It is an issue that has previously been addressed in the UK courts in cases involving Uber and Deliveroo delivery drivers. But this … Read more
The High Court case between Ryanair DAC and Peter Bellew is an important one because it gives us further guidance in the area of restrictive covenants in the contract of employment. A restrictive covenant is basically a covenant in a contract of employment preventing a departing employee from working for a competitor for a certain … Read more
Employee or self employed? This was the case of a medical doctor with his own practice who claimed he was an employee in respect of his work for a training provider. This is a common issue: whether an individual was an employee or was self-employed, notwithstanding the statement in a contract that the individual was … Read more
A recent High Court case involving a teacher and a school board of management in an employment dispute is worth looking at. The case is The Board of Management of Malahide Community School v Conaty [2019] IEHC 486 and you can read the full decision of the High Court here. The High Court decided that … Read more