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Ireland Employment Law Round-Up: What's Ahead For Employers

As we approach the final quarter of 2025, several significant employment law developments are on the horizon that will impact Irish employers across sectors.

Ireland Employment

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Walkers

Employee Or Contractor? Revenue Gives Employers An Opportunity To Correct Payroll Issues – Without Penalty

On 11 September 2025, the Revenue Commissioners announced an opportunity for employers to correct payroll tax issues arising in 2024 and 2025 due to a bona-fide misclassification...

Ireland Employment

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RDJ LLP

Abandonment Of Employment: Legal Risks And Employer Responsibilities

On the surface, it is understandable how an employer might consider that an employee who has not turned up to work for a prolonged period of time could be considered to have abandoned their employment.

Ireland Employment

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RDJ LLP

Employment Rights In Ireland: A Guide For Employers And Employees

Whether you're an employer or employee, you will get a good insight, from this blog, into the most common issues surrounding employment law in Ireland.

Ireland Employment

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Protected Disclosures Act 2014 - Current Trends And Section 5(5) Defence Explored

Ireland Employment

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RDJ LLP

Gender Pay Gap Reporting – Top 10 FAQs

Ireland Employment

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Matheson

Irish Employment Law

Ireland Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Performance Management And Exit Conversations In Irish Employment Law

Ireland Employment

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RDJ LLP

Northern Ireland: 'Good Jobs' Employment Rights Bill Proposals Dashboard

Ireland Employment

LS

Lewis Silkin

Recent Developments In Mandatory Retirement Ages

Ireland Employment

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McCann Fitzgerald

Guidance On The Updated Code Of Practice On Determining Employment Status In Ireland

Ireland Employment

LS

Lewis Silkin

Company Health Check: Are Your Statutory Sick Pay Provisions Compliant?

Ireland Employment

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Byrne Wallace

Redundancies: Practical Employer Guidance

Ireland Employment

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RDJ LLP

To Be An Employee Or Not To Be An Employee?

Ireland Employment

M

Matheson

Pay Transparency - New Employee Rights To Pay Information

Ireland Employment

M

Matheson

Revenue Provides Employers With Disclosure Opportunity To Regularise Misclassification Of Self-employment

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Arthur Cox

CBAM: Consultation On Implementing Regulations

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Arthur Cox

Horizon Scanner Finance September 2025 - Looking Ahead: European Developments

Ireland Finance

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Arthur Cox

Kandaurova v Circle K Energy Group Limited [2025] IECA 13 (Video)

Ireland Litigation

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Dillon Eustace

Employment And Pensions - What's Another Year?, January 2025

Under the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive, Member States with a collective bargaining coverage below 80%, as is the case in Ireland...

European Union Employment

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Arthur Cox

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Ireland, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

Ireland Employment

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Arthur Cox

Court Awards €11m For Breach Of Fiduciary Duties

Mr Cox learned of the Opportunity in February 2014 while he was employed in the O'Flynn Group of companies, and providing consultancy services to Victoria Hall Management Limited...

Ireland Employment

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William Fry

Updated Code Of Practice On Determining Employment Status Now Published

The updated Code of Practice on Determining Employment Status (the "Code") has been published, after a review conducted by an interdepartmental group comprising...

Ireland Employment

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Arthur Cox

Irish Work And Residence Permissions Overview

Ireland Employment

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William Fry

Ireland As A VFX Destination For The Film Industry: Related Immigration Considerations

Ireland Immigration

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Fragomen

Employment - Horizon Scanner: Infrastructure, Construction, Energy, October 2024

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

Two Recent Cases In Ireland Apply New Supreme Court Test For Determining Employment Status

Ireland Employment

LS

Lewis Silkin

Private Equity: When Is A Leaver "Transfer Notice" Deemed To Be Served By An Employee Who Is Also A Director?

Ireland Commercial

M

Matheson

Striking The Right Chord: McGranaghan Case Changes The Tune For Gig Workers

Ireland Employment

RL

RDJ LLP

New Employment Permits Legislation To Come Into Force On 2 September 2024

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

The 'Good Jobs' Employment Rights Bill: A New Era For Employment Rights In Northern Ireland

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

How To Handle Remote Working Requests? First WRC Decision Lands

Ireland Employment

M

Matheson

Employment - Horizon Scanner: Infrastructure, Construction, Energy, August 2024

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

New Employment Permits Legislation To Come Into Force On 2 September 2024

The Employment Permits Act 2024 which was signed into law by the President on 25 June 2024 will commence on 2 September 2024. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment has published a helpful...

Ireland Employment

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Arthur Cox

The 'Good Jobs' Employment Rights Bill: A New Era For Employment Rights In Northern Ireland

Although it may have taken longer than anticipated, the recent launch of a public consultation for the ‘Good Jobs' Employment Rights Bill is poised to bring Northern Ireland one step closer to a new era of employment rights.

Ireland Employment

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Arthur Cox

How To Handle Remote Working Requests? First WRC Decision Lands

Last year, the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 ("the Act") gave employees the statutory right to request to work remotely and / or flexibly for the first time.

Ireland Employment

M

Matheson

Employment - Horizon Scanner: Infrastructure, Construction, Energy, August 2024

A further step towards the introduction of auto-enrolment in Ireland has been achieved.

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

Doing Business In.. 2024

Ireland Commercial

M

Matheson

WRC Awards Record Compensation To Employee In Dismissal Case

The Irish Workplace Relations Commission (the "WRC"), the forum in which employment law-related claims are generally dealt with, considers an unfair dismissal claim brought by a musician...

Ireland Employment

LG

L&E Global

New Irish Revenue Guidance On Determining Employment Status

Following the Irish Supreme Court's unanimous decision in The Revenue Commissioners v Karshan (Midlands) Limited t/a Domino's Pizza (the "Karshan Case") in October 2023...

Ireland Employment

M

Matheson

Key Considerations For Establishing A Summer Internship Programme

In this update, we will explain the key concepts which employers should be aware of when establishing summer internship programmes.

Ireland Employment

MG

Maples Group

Code Of Practice On Right To Request Flexible Working And Right To Request Remote Working: What Employers Need To Consider

The Workplace Relations Commission (the "WRC") has published the long-awaited Code of Practice on the Right to Request Flexible Working and the Right to Request Remote Working (the "Code").

Ireland Employment

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Flynn O'Driscoll

The Labour Court Overturned WRC Decision That An Agency Worker Had Continuity Of Service For The Purpose Of An Unfair Dismissal Claim

Ireland Employment

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L&E Global

Update For Employers In Ireland - Right To Request Flexible And Remote Working

Ireland Employment

MG

Maples Group

Welcome Labour Court Decision On Continuity Of Service When Agency Worker Transitioned To Client Employee

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

Ireland Introduces New Code Of Practice On Flexible And Remote Working

Ireland Employment

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Ogier

Mind The Gap! Employees To Be Allowed Work Until State Pension Age

Ireland Employment

WF

William Fry

Practical Employer Guidance On Fixed-Term Contracts

Ireland Employment

RL

RDJ LLP

General Scheme Of The Employment (Restriction Of Certain Mandatory Retirement Ages) Bill 2024

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

Picketing Injunctions: All Is Changed, Changed Utterly

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

WRC Publish Code Of Practice On The Right To Request Flexible And Remote Working

Ireland Employment

WF

William Fry

Employment Law Update: The Right To Silence In The Workplace

Ireland Employment

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Ogier

Mandatory Retirement Ages In Ireland: The Importance Of Objective Justification

Ireland Employment

WF

William Fry

Case Update: An Employee's Right To Silence

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

Legal Island Annual Review Q&A

Ireland Employment

RL

RDJ LLP

Intoxicants In The Workplace

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

Significant Changes To Irish Employment Permit System Effective From 17 January 2024

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

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