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Since this recording, we have clarified that the continuation of the Common Travel Area will not require amending legislation. However, there is a concern that post-Brexit, the issue of the 50 / 50 rule, outlined in the Employment Permits Act, whereby the Department of Business will not issue or renew an employment permit where the employer has less than 50% of its employees of EEA/Swiss nationali...

Death benefit decision making can present significant challenges for trustees of occupational pension schemes, particularly in cases where there are competing beneficiaries. Mistakes in this area can provide costly as decisions, once implemented, can be very difficult to unwind. In this episode, Deirdre and Jane discuss some of the common issues that can arise when trustees are faced with a making...

In this episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, Bryan Dunne is joined by four other partners from the Matheson Employment, Pensions and Benefits Law Group to talk about what they expect to be the five key themes in Irish employment and pensions law in 2019. This ranges from the gender pay gap legislation, preparing for the Central Bank of Ireland’s senior manager regime, to auto enr...

In this episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, Bryan Dunne reviews Irish Rail and McKelvey, a case from the Irish Court of Appeal that was handed down at the end of October. This case is a critical development in Irish employment law and a very positive outcome for employers as it overturned the controversial Lyons decision from 2017, which had suggested that employees should be en...

The new EU Directive on the activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision (commonly known as “IORP II”) is due to be transposed into Irish law by 13 January 2019. Amongst other things, IORP II seeks to improve the governance of pension schemes and promote risk-based supervision. When implemented, it will require significant changes to be made by many Irish pensio...

In this episode Paraic Madigan, head of the Private Client Department, Joe Beashal, partner in the Financial Institutions Group and head of the regulatory risk management and compliance team, and Lydia McCormack, a senior associate of the Private Client Department discuss the Assisted Decision Making Capacity Act 2015 (the ''Act''). The podcast focuses on the impact of the Act for financial bodies...

In this episode Bryan Dunne, Head of the Employment Practice at Matheson reviews a recent decision from the Irish Workplace Relations Commission in a race discrimination claim brought under the Employment Equality Acts. This particular case is a very strong example of how an employer can successfully defend a discrimination claim and it will show that an employer doesn’t necessarily have to go to...

Earlier this year, the Government launched “A Roadmap for Pensions Reform 2018 – 2023”, a five-year action plan for the reform of the Irish pension system. In this episode, Deirdre and Jane discuss the Roadmap, examining, in particular, the Government’s proposal to introduce auto-enrolment to increase private sector pensions coverage and help individuals save for their retirement. Deirdre and Jane...

In this episode Joe Beashel, partner in the Financial Institutions Group and head of the regulatory risk management and compliance team, and Lydia McCormack, a senior associate of the Private Client Group focus on the impact of the Assisted Decision Making Capacity Act 2015 for financial bodies and intermediaries and is aimed at those working in, or advising on, the financial sector.

In this episode, Employment partner, Bryan Dunne looks at three recent decisions of the Irish Labour Court under the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act, 2015, the legislation introduced to protect employees where their employer refuses to recognise their trade union. In particular, the podcast looks at what these decisions means for you as employers and asks whether this legislation, and the thr...

In this episode Bryan Dunne, Head of the Employment Practice at Matheson talks with Geraldine Carr, a senior associate in the Employment Practice about her six-month secondment in the Matheson Californian offices. Geraldine discusses some of the key trends in US workplaces which will find their way into Irish workplaces very soon and some of the main issues that US employers struggle with when it...

In this special episode, we take a detailed look at the HR aspects of GDPR and what employers should already be doing to prepare for the new GDPR regime.

Deirdre Cummins, Pensions partner and Jane McKeever, Pensions associate address questions arising from the previous episode of the podcast which focused on the General Data Protection Regulation and the implications for pension schemes of this major development in data protection law.

In this episode Bryan Dunne, Head of the Employment Practice at Matheson covers a recent decision of the Irish Court of Appeal, Nano Nagle and Marie Daly. This case dealt with the very practical question of just how far an employer is required to go to provide reasonable accommodation to an employee with a disability in the workplace and at what point an employer can lawfully conclude that an empl...

In this special episode, Matheson employment partners Bryan Dunne and Russell Rochford look at the areas that they predict will be the most active for employment lawyers and HR directors in 2018. This ranges from GDPR and the impact that this will have on dealing with data access requests in particular to the proposed gender pay gap legislation, which has now been given priority in the Government’...

n this episode Bryan Dunne, Head of the Matheson Employment Practice, discusses two seperate issues. The first is the recent decision of an Irish adjudication officer which dealt with the question as to whether an employer is allowed to refuse to pay paternity leave when at the same time paying generous maternity leave. The second issue is the recently enacted Mediation Act 2017 and the issues and...

Bryan Dunne leads a panel discussion with Tom Mallon BL, Cathy O'Grady, International Senior HR Director at Groupon, Desmond Ryan BL and Niall Pelly, Matheson Partner on Lyons v Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board. This was a decision that held that an employee was entitled to full fair procedures at an internal disciplinary investigation, including the right to cross examine witne...

In this episode Bryan Dunne, Head of the Matheson Employment Practice leads a panel discussion with Tom Mallon BL, Cathy O'Grady, International Senior HR Director at Groupon, Desmond Ryan BL and Niall Pelly, Partner Matheson on Lyons v Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board. This was a decision that held that an employee was entitled to full fair procedures at an internal disciplinary...

Listen to Insurance Partner April McClement’s Driverless Cars Newstalk interview on the impact driverless cars will have on motor insurance in Ireland and the reform required to existing driver-centric legislation.

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Bryan Dunne discusses a recent decision of the Irish Labour Court, a decision that was handed down at the end of July just past and this is the case of DHL and Michael Coughlan.

In this episode Deirdre and Jane are focusing on the general scheme of the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2017 and the implications and impact of this. Later on in this episode Deirdre and Jane will also be discussing in an Irish law context the implications of the recent Court of Appeal decision in the IBM case.

Bryan Dunne revisits the High Court's decision in Lyons v Longford Westmeath Education and Training Board, a decision that has been extremely controversial over the past number of weeks for both employment lawyers and HR directors. This is because, in that case, Judge Eagar in the High Court seemed to suggest that an employee is entitled to the full range of fair procedures at the disciplinary inv...

In this latest episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, Bryan discusses a decision of the High Court from May of this year, which held that employees are entitled to both the right to cross-examine witnesses and the right to legal representation at the preliminary investigation stage of a disciplinary process. Based on earlier case law on the issue of fair procedures, as also identif...

In the latest episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, Bryan Dunne is joined by Anne-Marie Bohan, a Partner in the Matheson Data Protection Practice Group, to discuss the implications for employers and Irish employment law of the new General Data Protection Regulation. With just under one year to go until implementation of the Regulation, Bryan and Anne-Marie discuss the steps employ...