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...
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...
We at Alastair Purdy and Co are delighted to announce for the third year running, we have been awarded the Employment Law Firm of the Year for Connacht & Ulster by the Irish Law Awards. We would like to thank our team, colleagues and wonderful clients who made...
Alastair Purdy & Co are delighted to have advised Moyne Roberts Limited on the purchase of one of Ireland's leading professional security service businesses, Electronic Technology (Cork) Limited. Even amidst the current restrictions, our firm was in a position to...
O'Donovan -v- Over-C Technology Ltd & ANOR [2020] IEHC 291 Introduction On the 12th June 2020, Keane J granted a Fennelly Order as part of an interlocutory injunction application, in favour of Mr. O’Donovan [“the Applicant”] following his summary dismissal on the...
On the 22nd July 2020, as part of the Roadmap to Reopening Ireland, the “Green List” was issued by the Government, designating certain countries as permissible to those domiciled in the Republic of Ireland to travel abroad to, without the need of having to quarantine...
Keeling’s Retail Unlimited Company v Wasim Haskiya [2020] ADJ – 00012963/ UD/19/96 On the 17th August 2020, the Labour Court overturned[1] an adjudication officers decision from the WRC and awarded an employee [‘the claimant’] €50,000 pursuant to Section 8 A of the...
TRANSDEV IRELAND LIMITED V CALPIS [2020] IEHC 403[1] The High Court recently upheld the Labour Court’s decision ordering reengagement of a Luas Driver who had been dismissed for ‘moonlighting’ as a taxi driver. WHAT IS ‘MOONLIGHTING’? Moonlighting is the colloquial...
OVERVIEW On the 19th October 2020, the Irish government placed the country into Level 5 of the Plan for Living COVID-19, which took effect on the 21st October 2020 midnight for a period of six weeks, with limited exceptions for essential retail and essential services....
On the 23rd September 2020, the Labour Party have put forward the Sick Leave and Parental Leave (COVID-19) Bill 2020, which intends to introduce mandatory sick pay to be paid by employers and the extension of force majeure parental leave where a child’s school/...
A CARE ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR V A NURSING HOME[1] On the 27th July 2020, the Workplace Relations Commission [‘WRC’] found a nursing home vicariously liable for the actions of 93 year old resident, awarding 3 separate employees a total €150,000 following allegations of...
An Executive v A University [2020] ADJ – 00022851 Introduction On the 11th June 2020, an employer was found to have discriminated against a former employee on the grounds of disability for failing to reasonably accommodate their request to work from home due to their...
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