Whatever Issue You Have In The Workplace, As Employer Or Employee, We Can Help You.
Welcome to TJOS Solicitors.
Our area of practice is Civil Litigation with particular emphasis on Employment Law and *Personal Injury Law. We are one of the only firms in Cork City and County to dedicate ourselves to the understanding and practice of Irish Employment law.
Employment Law Ireland
At TJOS Solicitors we advise on all aspects of the Employer – Employee relationship, from both perspectives. CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP YOU
Employment Law
Mediation
Private Client Needs
We take particular pride in our work as Employment Lawyers.
What we do for Employees
- Unfairly dismissed? Talk to us!
- Unsure of your rights? We’ll keep you in the know.
- Bullying in the workplace destroys lives, let us help you make it stop.
- Facing redundancy? Let us guide you through the process.
Discrimination in all its forms is simply not acceptable. We can make it stop.
What we do for Employers
- Worried about compliance? We’ll keep you on the right side of the law.
- We defend you when you are under attack.
- We appear on your behalf before any Tribunal or Court.
- We will help you foster good relations with your employees.
- We will stand by you in good times and bad!
News
Dismissing an employee isn’t easy but what would you have done if you employed Jeremy Clarkson?
Exactly as the BBC had done, right? Consider the following though: • An estimated worldwide audience of over 350 million people • Watched annually in well over 200 territories • Over 1 million people signed a Change.org petition to have him reinstated, in what was the...
How important are written records?
Hint: Very! A former customer service executive claimed under Sections 7, 8 & 9 of the Unfair Dismissals Act and was awarded €4707 in compensation. Background: The complainant commenced her employment on the 20th of June 2016 under a 6 month fixed-term contract....
Disciplinary Action against Employee who raised Safety Concern held not to be Penalisation
Under Irish law employers are prohibited from penalising (defined as dismissal, demotion, transfer, imposition of duties, imposition of any discipline, reprimand or other penalty, coercion or intimidation) or threatening to penalise employees who exercise rights or...
Discrimination in the Workplace – What you need to know
The word “discrimination” is often misused when it comes to employment law. Under Irish employment legislation a person can only be discriminated against if they are treated in a less favourable way than another person based on any of the following 9 grounds: gender,...
No CID Entitlement Despite Breach by Employer
In accordance with its EU obligations, Ireland was required to establish a framework to prevent abuse arising from the use of successive fixed-term employment contracts. In doing so, Irish legislation now sets out that a fixed-term employee cannot be employed on 2 or...
When the State itself gets things wrong, I ask : how?
The other day I wrote about the Employment (Miscellaneous Provision) Act 2018 which this month comes into operation and makes very serious changes to employment rights and so it impacts on casual contracts, tries to do away with zero hours contracts, imposes new...
Zero hour contracts to become a thing of the past!
When the Employment (Miscellaneous Provision) Act 2018 comes into operation on the 25 March 2019, employment contracts must ensure that contracts are for a certain number of hours of work greater than zero. This requirement will not apply in limited circumstances,...
Disciplinary Action against Employee who raised Safety Concern held not to be Penalisation
Under Irish law employers are prohibited from penalising (defined as dismissal, demotion, transfer, imposition of duties, imposition of any discipline, reprimand or other penalty, coercion or intimidation) or threatening to penalise employees who exercise rights or...
Discrimination in the Workplace – What you need to know
The word “discrimination” is often misused when it comes to employment law. Under Irish employment legislation a person can only be discriminated against if they are treated in a less favourable way than another person based on any of the following 9 grounds: gender,...
No CID Entitlement Despite Breach by Employer
In accordance with its EU obligations, Ireland was required to establish a framework to prevent abuse arising from the use of successive fixed-term employment contracts. In doing so, Irish legislation now sets out that a fixed-term employee cannot be employed on 2 or...