Employment

Lynda Nyhan, partner and head of the employment team at Taylor Wessing, makes predictions for employment law in 2026. 2025 has been a notable year for employment law in Ireland, with steady progress towards greater workplace flexibility and employee wellbeing.

Stronger protections for workers who may be exposed to asbestos at work have come into effect. The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Exposure to Asbestos) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 give legal effect to the most recent updates to the EU's Asbestos at Work Directive.

Laura Killelea and Abigail Ansell of Anne O'Connell Solicitors examine a recent ruling of the Workplace Relations Commission which upheld a mandatory retirement age at Eircom. In the case of Patrick Donnellan and Eircom Limited ADJ-00051860, the complainant brought a complaint under section 77 of th

Bank of Ireland has been fined £2,000 for breaches of Northern Ireland employment equality legislation. The fine was imposed by Northern Ireland's High Court following a prosecution by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland's economy minister has reiterated plans to introduce paid leave for victims of domestic abuse by May 2027. Dr Caoimhe Archibald said she intended to have legislation to implement the provisions in the Domestic Abuse (Safe Leave) Act (NI) 2022 in place before the end of the Asse

A public consultation has been launched as part of a review of the statutory right to request a remote working arrangement. The right to request a remote working arrangement under the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 came into force for all employees on 6 March 2024.

Kane Tuohy employment lawyer Triona Cody examines the WRC's new AI guidance for litigants. Last month, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) issued guidance on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to prepare material for submission to the WRC.

With just seven weeks until Ireland's auto-enrolment pension scheme goes live, social protection minister Dara Calleary has urged employers to complete their preparations. Mr Calleary made the comments to more than 350 attendees at a webinar hosted by business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran.

The High Court has refused to set aside grants of leave to apply for judicial review obtained by two stagehands in respect of Labour Court decisions concerning their alleged employment with a film production company. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Garrett Simons determined that t

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has upheld most of the provisions of an EU directive on adequate minimum wages following a challenge from Denmark. Denmark had sought to annul the 2022 directive in its entirety, arguing — with support from Sweden — that legislation

Northern Ireland’s High Court has struck out defences to defamation raised by a woman who published material received in discovery and defamatory material concerning her former employer on X and Substack. Delivering judgment in October, Mr Justice Adrian Colton said: "On any showing it is clea

The Irish government has set out plans to promote collective bargaining over the next four years. The action plan for 2026-2030 was developed in collaboration with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) and business group Ibec.

A chef from China has been awarded over €154,000 by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) following serious breaches of his employment rights while working for a restaurant in Cavan. The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) represented Xiaofeng Gao in his case against Ming Gao (later Eskimo

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has published new guidance for litigants on the use of generative AI tools like ChatGPT. The new document is intended to provide guidance to parties who come before the WRC who may use AI tools to prepare written submissions or documents for use as evidence i

Kane Tuohy partner Triona Cody highlights a closing window for employers to regularise the misclassification of employees. The Revenue Commissioners has published guidelines for a settlement arrangement following the October 2023 Supreme Court judgment delivered in The Revenue Commissioners v Karsha