This article focuses on three areas of employment law in Ireland that have seen recent significant developments: employment status and the gig economy (in particular, whether the UK Uber decision will have an impact in Ireland), collective bargaining arrangements and gender pay gap reporting.
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ICTU warning over reduced redundancy for workers on PUP
Updated / Saturday, 13 Feb 2021
16:47
Industry and Employment Correspondent
Hundreds of thousands of workers could lose out on redundancy payments if their employment is terminated because time spent claiming the Pandemic Unemployment Payment will not count when calculating entitlements.
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has urged the Government to reform employment law so that the period spent on the PUP will count towards redundancy payments.
It says that without reform, some employees could lose out on up to a year of redundancy pay having been laid off due to the pandemic through no fault of their own.
Employers have urged Leo Varadkar, the enterprise and employment minister, not to rush into replacing the national minimum wage with a “living wage” during the pandemic and before the effects of
Updated / Wednesday, 3 Feb 2021
21:02
Fórsa said it also wants engagement with mortgage providers on enhanced mortgage breaks for the duration of the Covid-related slump in aviation
Fórsa, the union which represents several thousand aviation workers is calling for German-style income supports for aviation jobs.
Amid ongoing restrictions on air travel, the union said that Ireland lacks a European-style joined up Government approach to ensure the survival of the aviation industry post-pandemic.
Fórsa is proposing an aviation income support scheme similar to the one in place in Germany, which enables employers to reduce hours rather than laying off staff.