What has changed with the Protected Disclosures Amendment Act 2022 which comes into effect from 1st January 2023?

The new Protected Disclosures Amendment Act 2022 imposes new obligations and requirements on employers with [...]

What constitutes ‘wrongdoing’-Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022

The Protected Disclosures Act now includes the following grievances as acts of alleged ‘wrongdoing’ that [...]

What is a Prescribed Person?

Prescribed persons are regulators or professional bodies who are prescribed by the Government to hear [...]

Who is in scope under the new amendment to the Protected Disclosures Act 2014?

Before it only applied to Irish public bodies but from 1st Jan 2023, the Protected [...]

What constitutes an offence? Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022

Under the Offences and Penalties section of the Act, any of the following actions on [...]

In-vitro Fertilisation (IVF) Leave

Some companies around Ireland are starting to introduce new I.V.F maternity leave policies with paid [...]

Labour Court Annual Report 2021

The Labour continued to deliver its services in the context of ongoing public emergency. Some [...]

Changes in WRC Processes

A number of procedural changes were made to the adjudication procedures at the WRC. [...]

Pensions – Auto-Enrolment System

Under the Auto-Enrolment system employees will be required to make certain minimum contributions, the employer [...]

Right to Request Remote Working

This legal framework is whereby an employer can either approve or reject a request to [...]