When I look at the phrases which led to people visiting my website EmploymentRightsIreland.com I can see the questions they are trying to find answers for. I have just taken a look at the search logs for December, 2017 and the usual questions have come up: questions about holiday entitlements, public holiday entitlements, and disciplinary … Read more
Are you an employer? Do you work in human resources? I have written quite a lot of articles/blog posts on this site about employment law in Ireland. The questions I receive from employers and people charged with the HR function in an organisation are completely different from those I receive from employees. Much of the … Read more
It’s an easy mistake to make. I see it all the time, to be honest. One day recently, I had to say this to a nice young woman who came to me for employment law advice: “I’m sorry to disappoint you, but I think you are wasting your time with this”. And to a man … Read more
I’m contacted regularly by a couple of “HR” guys I’ve come to know. They invariably have a question to ask. And a lot of the time, more than one. They say that they just want to “pick your brains”. This is said to flatter me. And persuade me to overlook the fact that what they … Read more