A Fitness instructor and lifeguard was sacked after bosses discovered she couldn’t swim, although her employer maintained before the EAT that she was sacked after taking a sun-bed session without paying and exiting a fitness club through a fire escape. Her...
Disabled people and migrant staff also rated highly in CIPD report on attitudes to employability. Older workers are perceived as the most talented and employable of all underrepresented demographic groups in the workforce, according to a new CIPD survey of more than...
A man has died following a work-place accident at an industrial unit in Co Cork in the early hours of Wednesday the 14 September 2016. The 35-year-old man was found dead at Architectural & Metal Systems, an aluminium manufacturing plant in the Little Island area....
Fox News has reached a $20 million (€18 million) settlement of former anchor Gretchen Carlson’s sexual harassment lawsuit against the network’s former chief, Roger Ailes, a source familiar with the situation said yesterday. The Fox News parent company, 21st Century...
Under Irish Law parents are entitled to 18 weeks unpaid leave for each child born or adopted. Generally, employees must have 12 months continuous service to avail of the full 18 weeks’ parental leave. However, if the child is very near the age threshold and the parent...
On the 30th July 2016, Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald, signed the Commencement Order to bring the Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 into force from the 1 August 2016. This Act places on a statutory footing new fathers’ entitlement to two...
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