Are you an employee? Have you a problem or issue regarding your employment? I receive a large number of queries from employees every day of every week and I notice the same sort of mistake being repeatedly made from employees at all levels of an organisation. These mistakes are understandable, but avoidable, and in this … Read more
In the course of my work, on a daily or weekly basis, I meet employees who tell me they are ‘stressed’ or have been signed off work by their doctor due to workplace stress. When I discuss the matter more fully I discover a wide range of reasons as to why the employee feels stress. … Read more
I regularly meet employees who complain of being stressed. And who want to make a claim against their employer as a result. But it’s not quite that straightforward. Because of the difference between occupational stress and workplace stress. Workplace stress is actionable. Occupational stress isn’t. A March, 2014 judgment in the High Court in the … Read more
Let’s be honest. Health and safety in the workplace in Ireland places very onerous obligations on employers. Health and safety law in the workplace derives from Common law and Statutory regulation. Common law Under common law there is a general duty of care owed by employers to their employees. Regardless of any piece of legislation … Read more