Irish HR and Employment Law Developments

Legal Island's Rolanda Markey is joined by Caroline McEnery, Managing Director of The HR Suite and HR and employment law expert. In this podcast, Caroline discusses the management of probationary periods and the implications of recent case law. This includes consideration of the following questions: What should a probationary clause contain? How often should performance be assessed/discussed...

In this brand new bi-monthly podcast from Legal Island and Ronan Daly Jermyn, Scott Alexander, Head of Learning and Development, discuss key employment law developments with the Partners in RDJ’s Employment Team, including the effervescent Jennifer Cashman and her equally lively colleagues David McCarroll, Deirdre Malone, Antoinette Vahey and Michelle Ryan. Our lead panellist in this first session...

Duncan Inverarity, Head of A&L Goodbody's Employment Law Group, discusses the background to, and implications of the recent Court of Appeal decision in the case of Donal O’Donovan v Over-C Technology Limited and Over-C Limited [2021] IECA 37 for probationary clauses and practice. DISCLAIMER: The information in this podcast is provided as part of Legal Island's Irish Employment Law Hu...

The subject of performance conversations never goes away for employers or HR professionals. It has been to the fore in this last year. Assuming our speaker is correct, how can you ensure your top performing Millennial employees remain top performers or get back to performing at their best, where they may have slipped or become demotivated, particularly when working from home and without obvious pe...

Kevin Empey of WorkMatters shares his experience of helping organisations to shape their ‘Future of Work’ models for the more blended, post-Covid world of work we are all facing.  While it will be some months before most employers open up their workplace to all employees, planning has already commenced in shaping what the new, blended world of work will look like and how it will be delivered. Over...

Employment law expert Caroline McEnery, Managing Director of The HR Suite and HR, provides tips and guidance for promoting proactive performance management processes and managing under performance. Caroline discusses: Top tips for performance management Remotely managing  performance Probation Absence management Bullying versus performance management DISCLAIMER: The information in this podcast is...

Jennifer Cashman, Partner and Practice Group Leader at Ronan Daly Jermyn is our keynote speaker at Legal Island's Annual Review of Employment Law conference. In order to help delegates maximise their return on investment and bring others up to date, Jennifer joins us to cover key new developments since November, summarising the law, advising on remedial actions and answering your questions. I...

Duncan Inverarity, Head of Employment at A&L Goodbody, revises what he considers to be the top employment cases of the last year (including any post-November 2020) and sets out learning points and takeaway actions to put into practice. Duncan and Scott Alexander from Legal Island discuss the top cases and why they are important to employers in Ireland. Duncan sets out the factual background, w...

Following her excellent session at the Annual Review of Employment Law 2020 conference in November, Caroline McEnery, Managing Director at The HR Suite and WRC Adjudicator, provides tips and guidance for handling remote investigations and disciplinary matters and deals with your questions around this area including: Recordings Covid issues Issues ref process PIP/Disciplinary Non-attendance DISCLAI...