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Employment Spotlight: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2022: What Employers Need to Know
Last October, the Irish government confirmed it will introduce a new Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System, which is expected to come into effect in late 2023 - early 2024. This new system will require employers to automatically enrol their eligible employees...
Employment Spotlight: Resolving Disputed Facts – Case Studies from Workplace Relations Commission
Resolving Disputed Facts: Case Studies from Workplace Relations Commission More often than not, cases brought before the Workplace Relations Commission, concern a disagreement on facts. Two parties, present their different versions, of the same set of facts. In such...
Alastair Purdy & Co., successfully defends claim of discrimination from man refusing to wear a mask
Alastair Purdy & Co Solicitors successfully represented T. O` Higgins Homevalue Hardware Ltd (“Respondent”) before the Work Relations Commission (‘’WRC’’) in a discrimination claim brought by an individual wishing to enter the shop who refused to wear a face mask...
Alastair Purdy & Co, successfully defends claim of unlawful deduction in wages before the WRC
Alastair Purdy & Co Solicitors successfully represented Complete Lab Solutions ("Respondent") before the Work Relations Commission (‘’WRC’’) in an action brought by a former employee ("Complainant") claiming unlawful deduction in his wages. Background In this...
Alastair Purdy & Co secures award of €75,000 before the Labour Court for failing to provide reasonable accommodation
Siobhan McGowan of Alastair Purdy & Co Solicitors successfully represented a Complainant in the Labour Court recently resulting in an award of €75,000 for a discriminatory dismissal claim and failure to provide reasonable accommodation under the Employment...
Employment Spotlight: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2022: What Employers Need to Know
Last October, the Irish government confirmed it will introduce a new Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System, which is expected to come into effect in late 2023 - early 2024. This new system will require employers to automatically enrol their eligible employees...
Employment Spotlight: Resolving Disputed Facts – Case Studies from Workplace Relations Commission
Resolving Disputed Facts: Case Studies from Workplace Relations Commission More often than not, cases brought before the Workplace Relations Commission, concern a disagreement on facts. Two parties, present their different versions, of the same set of facts. In such...
Employment Law Spotlight: The European Union (Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions) Regulations 2022
INTRODUCTION EU Directive 2019/1152 on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions was transposed into Irish law on the 16 December 2022 by the European Union (Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions) Regulations 2022 (“Regulations”). The Regulations apply...
Employment Law Spotlight: The effects of imprisonment on employment?
Muiris Flynn v Iarnrod Eireann ADJ-00030195 (2022) Background The Complainant was employed by the Respondent Company from January 2008, until his dismissal in March 2020. In September of 2017, the Complainant was involved in a serious road traffic accident,...
In Short: New Statutory Leave Proposed for Parents and Carers
On the 20th April 2022, the cabinet discussed the upcoming draft legislation titled the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill (”Bill”), which is due to transpose the EU work life balance directive into Irish Law. The purpose of the Bill to provide more...
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Employment Spotlight: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2022: What Employers Need to Know
Last October, the Irish government confirmed it will introduce a new Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System, which is expected to come into effect in late 2023 - early 2024. This new system will require employers to automatically enrol their eligible employees...
Employment Spotlight: Resolving Disputed Facts – Case Studies from Workplace Relations Commission
Resolving Disputed Facts: Case Studies from Workplace Relations Commission More often than not, cases brought before the Workplace Relations Commission, concern a disagreement on facts. Two parties, present their different versions, of the same set of facts. In such...
Alastair Purdy & Co., successfully defends claim of discrimination from man refusing to wear a mask
Alastair Purdy & Co Solicitors successfully represented T. O` Higgins Homevalue Hardware Ltd (“Respondent”) before the Work Relations Commission (‘’WRC’’) in a discrimination claim brought by an individual wishing to enter the shop who refused to wear a face mask...
Alastair Purdy & Co, successfully defends claim of unlawful deduction in wages before the WRC
Alastair Purdy & Co Solicitors successfully represented Complete Lab Solutions ("Respondent") before the Work Relations Commission (‘’WRC’’) in an action brought by a former employee ("Complainant") claiming unlawful deduction in his wages. Background In this...
Alastair Purdy & Co secures award of €75,000 before the Labour Court for failing to provide reasonable accommodation
Siobhan McGowan of Alastair Purdy & Co Solicitors successfully represented a Complainant in the Labour Court recently resulting in an award of €75,000 for a discriminatory dismissal claim and failure to provide reasonable accommodation under the Employment...
Our Work
Employment Spotlight: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2022: What Employers Need to Know
Last October, the Irish government confirmed it will introduce a new Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System, which is expected to come into effect in late 2023 - early 2024. This new system will require employers to automatically enrol their eligible employees...
Employment Spotlight: Resolving Disputed Facts – Case Studies from Workplace Relations Commission
Resolving Disputed Facts: Case Studies from Workplace Relations Commission More often than not, cases brought before the Workplace Relations Commission, concern a disagreement on facts. Two parties, present their different versions, of the same set of facts. In such...
Employment Law Spotlight: The European Union (Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions) Regulations 2022
INTRODUCTION EU Directive 2019/1152 on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions was transposed into Irish law on the 16 December 2022 by the European Union (Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions) Regulations 2022 (“Regulations”). The Regulations apply...
Employment Law Spotlight: The effects of imprisonment on employment?
Muiris Flynn v Iarnrod Eireann ADJ-00030195 (2022) Background The Complainant was employed by the Respondent Company from January 2008, until his dismissal in March 2020. In September of 2017, the Complainant was involved in a serious road traffic accident,...
In Short: New Statutory Leave Proposed for Parents and Carers
On the 20th April 2022, the cabinet discussed the upcoming draft legislation titled the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill (”Bill”), which is due to transpose the EU work life balance directive into Irish Law. The purpose of the Bill to provide more...
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We have consistantly high standards and have been routinely recognised at national level at the Annual Irish Law Awards.

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Employment Law Firm/Lawyer of the year 2019

Employment Law Firm/Lawyer of the year 2021