Welcome to a very special January edition of Republic of Labour Law, a monthly newsletter in which we distil the most important Irish legal and HR updates from the last month in 500 words or less....more
This week in the Republic of Labour Law, we look at the employment law winners and losers from 2020.
In January, Brexit was the headline. In December, Brexit is the headline once more. There is a grim symmetry to this year’s...more
The UK Court of Appeal ruled on January 31, 2019, that shop floor staff working for national supermarket chain could compare their pay and terms to distribution center workers. Over 7,000 mostly female shop floor staff have...more
4/15/2019
/ Appeals ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Pay ,
European Convention on Human Rights ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
International Labor Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour
The Irish parliament (the Oireachtas) recently passed a bill to bring gender pay gap reporting to Ireland. The Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2017, if signed into law as expected, would operate along broadly similar lines to...more
9/20/2018
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Equity ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Ireland ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Pay Discrimination ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Pending Legislation ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Wage and Hour