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Employer Action Required For Auto-Enrolment Exemption

Ireland's National Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Authority (NAERSA) has begun contacting employers whose workplace pension arrangements fail to meet newly introduced minimum contribution...

Ireland Employment

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William Fry

Governing Law In Cross-border Employment

The CJEU's recent judgment in Locatrans Sàrl v ES [2025] clarifies how courts must determine which country's mandatory employment laws apply when employees work across multiple jurisdictions.

Worldwide Employment

M

Matheson

Horizon Scanner: Energy Planning Infrastructure And Construction April 2026 - Employment

The Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) (Amendment) Act 2026 (PDF 467KB) was signed into law on 31 March.

Ireland Employment

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Arthur Cox

Redundancy In Ireland - A Practical Employer Guidance

Irish employers must prove a genuine redundancy situation exists and follow fair procedures to avoid unfair dismissal claims.

Ireland Employment

RL

RDJ LLP

A Deep Dive Into The EU Platform Work Directive

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

A New WRC Code Of Practice On Access To Part Time Working

Ireland Employment

RL

RDJ LLP

Changes Ahead For Contractual Retirement Ages

Ireland Employment

M

Matheson

Requests To Work Longer – Changes To Mandatory Retirement Ages Become Law

Ireland Employment

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McCann Fitzgerald

New Legislation: The Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Act 2025

Ireland Employment

DE

Dillon Eustace

3 Key Developments In Employment Law From 2025

Ireland Employment

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

Ireland's New Action Plan To Promote Collective Bargaining: What Does It Mean For Employers?

Ireland Employment

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Lewis Silkin

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

Ireland Employment

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Walkers

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

Ireland Employment

RL

RDJ LLP

Abandonment Of Employment: Legal Risks And Employer Responsibilities

Ireland Employment

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RDJ LLP

The Maples Irish Employment Law Podcast – Legal Update For Employers In Ireland – AI Regulation Of Workforce Practices

Ireland Technology

MG

Maples Group

The EU Pay Transparency Directive (Podcast)

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

From Copilot To Colleague: How Agentic AI Is Reshaping Work, Governance And Risk (Podcast)

Ireland Technology

WF

William Fry

Supreme Court On Attachment Before Judgment: Third-Party Rights Protected (Video)

Ireland Litigation

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Navigating Public Inquiries (Part 1): What You Need To Know At The Outset

Ireland Commercial

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McCann Fitzgerald

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

The RDJ Employment Team is seeing an increasing number of claims under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (the "2014 Act") in practice.

Ireland Employment

RL

RDJ LLP

Gender Pay Gap Reporting – Top 10 FAQs

The Government recently updated its FAQs for EmployersOpens in new window on Gender Pay Gap ("GPG") reporting and its Guidance NoteOpens in new window on how to calculate GPG metrics.

Ireland Employment

M

Matheson

Irish Employment Law

This Inbrief provides a whistle-stop tour of the most important Irish employment law issues, from the beginning of the employment relationship through to its conclusion.

Ireland Employment

LS

Lewis Silkin

Performance Management And Exit Conversations In Irish Employment Law

Ireland Employment

RL

RDJ LLP

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

Ireland Employment

LS

Lewis Silkin

Recent Developments In Mandatory Retirement Ages

Ireland Employment

MF

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

BW

Byrne Wallace

Redundancies: Practical Employer Guidance

Ireland Employment

RL

RDJ LLP

To Be An Employee Or Not To Be An Employee?

Ireland Employment

M

Matheson

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

European Union Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

Court Awards €11m For Breach Of Fiduciary Duties

Ireland Employment

WF

William Fry

To Be An Employee Or Not To Be An Employee?

Greater clarity is emerging in how the Irish Revenue Commissioners ("Revenue") and the Workplace Relations Commission ("WRC") will apply last year's significant Supreme Court...

Ireland Employment

M

Matheson

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

AC

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

AC

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

WF

William Fry

Updated Code Of Practice On Determining Employment Status Now Published

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

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

In its recent judgment in Syspal Capital Ltd v Truman & Anor [2024] EWHC 1561 (Ch) the English High Court of Justice found that the correct interpretation of a "leaver" provision in a company's articles of association.

Ireland Commercial

M

Matheson

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

Further to our previous Insight on the recent Supreme Court case of The Revenue Commissioners v Karshan Midlands Ltd T/A Dominos Pizza [2023] IESC 24 (Karshan)...

Ireland Employment

RL

RDJ LLP

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

AC

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

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

Doing Business In.. 2024

Ireland Commercial

M

Matheson

No Fault Dismissals - Case Law Update

Ireland Employment

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RDJ LLP

New Horizon Series Part 1: The Dawn Of Ireland's Enhanced Employment Permits Act

Ireland Employment

F

Fragomen

New Irish Revenue Tax Guidance On Determining Employment Status

Ireland Employment

MG

Maples Group

Revenue Issues New Guidance On Determining Employment Status For Tax Purposes

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

WRC Awards Record Compensation To Employee In Dismissal Case

Ireland Employment

LG

L&E Global

New Irish Revenue Guidance On Determining Employment Status

Ireland Employment

M

Matheson

Key Considerations For Establishing A Summer Internship Programme

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

Ireland Employment

FO

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

LG

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

O

Ogier

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