Ok, you have taken the risk and decided to set up your own business. You employ good staff, your customers love them, and everybody seems happy, including you as their employer. Then that fateful day comes, your employee leaves and now you find that a third of your...
All too often we come across situations where the employer has completely messed up the probationary period. Before we get to examples, remember that the probationary period is for the benefit of both the employer and the employee, so that each can work out whether...
For over two decades we have acted for employees who have been bullied in the workplace. Bullying can have a devastating effect on the victim, it almost always leads to absence from work, and it is not unusual for the victim of bullying to ultimately tender their...
Prior to the 1st October 2015, if you did not provide an employee with a contract of employment, you could face a complaint and the employee could be compensated for up to four weeks salary. That was bad enough, particularly if you had a large number of employees...
In the recent Employment Appeals Tribunal decision of Michael Baldwin v Ace Compaction Systems Limited, an accountant was held to have been constructively unfairly dismissed and was awarded €40,000 in compensation Background The Respondent Company opened in March 2003...
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