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RP50 form still required despite abolition of the redundancy rebate

  • Matheson
  • -
  • Ireland
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  • March 27 2013

On 1 January 2013 the Redundancy Payments Acts, 1967-2007 were amended, whereby the rebate available to employers from the Department of Jobs

Failure to inform your client of a key employee's resignation could leave a company liable for breach of contract

  • Matheson
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 13 2010

In Mentmore Towers Limited v Fitzroy Robinson Limited, the High Court in England recently held that an architect’s firm, Fitzroy Robinson Limited ("FRL") was in breach of contract and was guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation, by deliberately withholding from its client, Mentmore Towers Limited, ("MTL") the fact that an employee was resigning

Important Irish High Court ruling changes law relating to transfer of undertakings

  • Matheson
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • January 13 2010

The European Communities (Protection of Employees on a Transfer of Undertaking) Regulations 2003 ("Regulations") provide that where a business is transferred, within the meaning of the Regulations, its employees are entitled to transfer to the recipient of the business or "transferee"

Recent EAT determinations in brief

  • Matheson
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • November 20 2012

Waiting times for an Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) hearing are currently around 76 weeks in Dublin

Increase in state pension age

  • Matheson
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  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 27 2013

The Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011 provided for increases to the age at which the State Pension is payable. The standard State pension age is

Irina Arsenjeva v Persian Properties TA O’Callaghan Hotels (US 25972009)

  • Matheson
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  • Ireland
  • -
  • July 6 2011

The claimant was employed as a duty manager with the respondent hotel group

Employer successfully defends constructive dismissal claim

  • Matheson
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  • Ireland
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  • March 27 2013

The Employment Appeals Tribunal has ruled in favour of an employer in a highly-publicised case in which a former employee who resigned from her

Increase in parental leave entitlement and the pending Family Leave Bill 2013

  • Matheson
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • March 27 2013

On 8 March 2013 the Minister for Justice, Alan Shatter signed the European Union (Parental Leave) Regulations 2013 (SI 812013) into law, transposing

Central Bank of Ireland issues fitness and probity frequently asked questions publication

  • Matheson
  • -
  • Ireland
  • -
  • March 27 2013

In March 2013 the Central Bank published the Fitness and Probity Frequently Asked Questions ('FAQs') document to address commonly asked questions

Sick of holidays: recent rulings by the European Court of Justice and House of Lords on the Working Time Directive have implications for Ireland

  • Matheson
  • -
  • European Union, Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 13 2010

In Ireland, the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997 links an employee’s entitlement to paid annual leave with hours worked