by Purdy and Co | Jan 16, 2014 | News
The Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2011, duly prohibits discrimination in the work place on the grounds of age, however, section 34 (4) of the said Acts, expressly provides that “it shall not constitute discrimination on the age ground to fix different ages for the...
by Purdy and Co | Jan 15, 2014 | News
It must be noted that there is no specific tort of bullying and/or harassment in this country and thus claims have to made within existing causes of action, most of which were never designed to deal with this difficult area. One such cause of action is a harassment...
by Purdy and Co | Jan 14, 2014 | News
In essence and put simply it is information which parties to a contract or arrangement require not to be made public or disclosed to third parties. It is clear that, as stated, the aforementioned definition is very broad and in reality varies from business to...
by Purdy and Co | Jan 9, 2013 | News
The case of Smith v Trafford Housing Trust is one such case…. Mr. Smith was a practising Christian and occasional lay preacher and a housing official with Trafford Housing Trust. The claimant read a newspaper article one weekend about gay marriage in church and...
by Purdy and Co | Jan 9, 2013 | News
Section 2 (2) states:- “A person shall not employ a non-national in the State except in accordance with an employment permit”. Section 3 then goes on to state that a person “who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to:-...
by Purdy and Co | Jan 9, 2013 | News
This relates to the Statutory Redundancy Rebate that Employers may receive back from the Government, following redundancies in the work place. This said Rebate was originally 60% of the statutory redundancy amount paid to any employee and was a welcome relief to...
