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Employment Spotlight: The Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 2023, Part 2
In the second part of this discussion we will look at further leave entitlements being introduced by the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (‘the 2023 Act’) Flexible Working Arrangements Section 13B of the 2023 Act introduces the right to request...
Employment Spotlight: The Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 2023, Part 1
Introduction On the 4 April 2023, the President signed the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (the '2023 Act’) into Law, which in turn is subject to a commencement date that will be revealed later in the year. This legislation aims to give effect...
Employment Spotlight: Bank of Ireland loses constructive dismissal case for unauthorised ‘Hybrid’ role
Tara Cassidy v Bank of Ireland 2022 Background The employee commenced employment with Bank of Ireland in December 2018 as a Customer Advisor. In December 2019, the Bank advertised a new ‘Hybrid’ role. The Bank informed its employees if there was an internal...
Employment Spotlight: Gender Discrimination during Interviews – A Case Study
Overview A Women’s right to Maternity leave is enshrined in the Maternity Protection Act, 1994. Therefore, Employers must ensure that women are not subjected to discriminatory treatment on the grounds of their gender or family status when they are on maternity leave,...
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,...
Alastair Purdy LLP., successfully defends claim of discrimination from man refusing to wear a mask
Alastair Purdy LLP 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 LLP, successfully defends claim of unlawful deduction in wages before the WRC
Alastair Purdy LLP 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 case, the...
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...
Alastair Purdy LLP secures award of €75,000 before the Labour Court for failing to provide reasonable accommodation
Siobhan McGowan of Alastair Purdy LLP 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 Equality...
Alastair Purdy LLP awarded Employment Law Firm of the year for Connacht & Ulster for third successive year
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 LLP passes ISO 9001 Audit for 12th successive year
Alastair Purdy LLP are delighted to announced that for the 12th year in a row, our firm has passed the ISO 9001 Audit for the 12th successive year running - a credit to all the team here. ISO 9001 is an independent, non-governmental internal organisation with a...
Alastair Purdy LLP advises on the purchase of leading security service business
Alastair Purdy LLP 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...
Deadline to register right of ways approaches – 31st November 2021
NECESSITY TO ISSUE APPLICATIONS FOR RIGHTS OF WAY A new Act was introduced in Ireland some time ago entitled the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act, 2009. This piece of legislation brought in many changes to the law relating to the acquisition of a legal term that...
Injunctions: Termination of employee during probationary period
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...
Severance Agreements and the Importance of Independent Legal Advice
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...
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