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Sinn Féin TD for Louth, Ruairí Ó Murchú backed the proposal for the party to reverse its stance on non-jury courts at the Ard Fh&eac...

Introduction The government is easing legal restrictions in relation to domestic and foreign travel at a time when many employees have built up significant holiday entitlement and are longing for a break, if not a whole new approach to holidays. At the same time, the ever-changing situation makes it hard for everyone to make plans, with businesses that have made redundancies facing especially tough resourcing challenges. As a result, novel questions are being raised about employee rights and policy approaches in relation to holidays. This article considers some of the difficult issues that em...

Key points Following amendments to the labour regulations, the number of overtime hours performed in one year may now be extended beyond the maximum of 240 permitted prior to the COVID-19 pandemic for employees in specific categories or industries, with the approval of a special governmental commission. In addition, it is now possible to compensate overtime with time off during the 30 days following the performance of the overtime if such possibility is provided for in the relevant collective bargaining agreement or the individual employment agreement. Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic force...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled that, where a worker has taken a period of unpaid holiday, they will not be entitled to a backdated payment for it (or any earlier periods) if they do not submit a claim within a three-month limitation period after the claim has arisen.(1) The European Court of Justice's (ECJ's) decision in King v The Sash Window Workshop Ltd did not require a different approach. Background In 2017 in King v The Sash Window Workshop Ltd, the ECJ ruled that where workers are not granted the paid holiday to which they are entitled under the EU Working Time Directive, t...

How to prioritise your wellbeing when working from home Updated / Friday, 9 Apr 2021 09:13 Sinead Proos. Picture: Darragh Kane Collectively, we have endured a lot in the past year. Many have had to contend with illness and grief, many have lost jobs, and all of us have had to reshape our lives radically, finding new ways of living and working. Sinéad Proos, Head of Health and Wellbeing at laya healthcare, outlines her top five tips on how to prioritise health and wellbeing when working from home.  "There is a general feeling across the board of tiredness now. In the first wave, laya healt...