Are you an employer? If you are there are many ways you can fall foul of employment legislation in Ireland. Because there is a huge body of law covering the employment relationship, including common law, statute/legislation, regulations/directives emanating from Europe. If I was asked what was the one thing you should do to protect yourself … Read more
Imagine this. You’ve worked hard to build up a solid base of clients in your hairdressing or beauty salon business. It hasn’t been easy, but you began to see the fruits of your hard work, long hours, and commitment pay off around 12 months ago. In fact, it got so busy that you had to … Read more
If I was working on a fixed term contract, and I wasn’t a teacher, I would be really incensed. Let me explain. In order for a worker on a fixed term contract to be entitled to a contract of indefinite duration-similar to a permanent contract-the law states that 2 conditions must be met. Firstly, that … Read more
A young man, worried about losing his job, contacted me this week. He only has about 11 months service in the job and was concerned that the employer was getting ready to dismiss him before he had the necessary 12 months service for the protection of unfair dismissal legislation. Let me explain. In order to … Read more