Employment

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

Taylor Wessing has hired Lynda Nyhan as a partner and head of the firm's new Irish employment practice. Ms Nyhan, an accomplished employment specialist, joins from ICON plc, where she was the lead employment counsel for EMEA and APAC.

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has rebuked a complainant who relied on "phantom citations" in submissions which may have been generated using AI. In a ruling handed down on 1 October, adjudication officer Patricia Owens said she was "not particularly concerned about whether the complainant

The majority of Irish businesses are not fully prepared for pensions auto-enrolment, a survey by Mason Hayes & Curran has found. The business law firm surveyed 270 employers at its recent webinar, finding that most companies are still finalising plans, despite the scheme taking effect on 1 Janua

Kane Tuohy partner Triona Cody reviews an Irish employment law case involving allegations of corporate espionage. The widely publicised, multijurisdictional legal proceedings between the international software company Rippling and its rival workforce management platform provider, Deel, Inc., alleged

The Labour Court has ordered a tech company to pay over half a million US dollars to its Irish founder after the firm failed in its appeal against what it claimed to be an "excessive" unfair dismissal award. It follows a significant ruling by the appellate court that because of his high pay and past

A migrant rights group is considering a High Court appeal after more than €23,000 in awards to a former restaurant worker were overturned by the Labour Court. The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) represented Suman Bhurtel, who is originally from Nepal and was working with an employment perm

A manager in a financial services company who was dismissed for sexual harassment has been awarded €22,500 after the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) found that his dismissal was procedurally unfair. The complainant, who held the role of assistant manager and was considered “number tw

A woman who was unfairly dismissed by a packaging manufacturer has been awarded nearly £88,000 by the Industrial Tribunal of Northern Ireland. Rosaleen Conway was employed by JMC Packaging Limited from 1 June 2022 until 20 October 2023, initially as chief financial officer and later as finance

Anthony Fay considers how Big Tech companies like Meta could collide with Irish and EU law as they try to tackle sector-wide challenges. The first half of 2025 has been turbulent for the tech sector — marked by fines from the Irish Data Protection Commission, staffing recalibrations after pand

Stakeholders have been invited to feed into a review of the employment permits occupations lists. The last review of the occupations lists took place in 2023, and resulted in 11 additional roles being placed on the critical skills occupations List, and 32 roles being made eligible for a general empl

The Supreme Court has allowed the appeal of the Garda Commissioner concerning his powers under s.14(2) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005. Delivering the lead judgment for the Supreme Court, Mr Justice Brian Murray opined: “Section 14(2), it must be stressed, confers an extreme power