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Referring employees for medical assessment

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
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  • Ireland
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  • January 9 2013

In a recent High Court case, Delaney v Central Bank of Ireland 2011, which involved a referral by the Central Bank of a senior employee for psychiatric

Collective bargaining 100 year anniversary to spark new battle?

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
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  • Ireland
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  • January 9 2013

2013 marks the 100 year anniversary of the 1913 Lockout where, at its height, 300 businesses and up to 20,000 workers were "locked out" by their employers

Retirement age: latest update from Europe

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
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  • European Union, Ireland
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  • November 11 2011

The Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2008 (the ‘EEAs’) prohibit discrimination in employment on nine separate grounds, one of which is age

What next for employers following the QSFA decision?

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
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  • Ireland
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  • November 11 2011

Following the recent landmark decision in the Quick Service Food Alliance (‘QSFA’) case, there has been much confusion among employers in sectors covered by the Joint Labour Committee (‘JLC’) system

QSFA decision

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
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  • Ireland
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  • July 14 2011

The High Court has today upheld a challenge to the constitutionality of the JLC system which has the potential to affect thousands of workers across the country employed in industry and geographical sectors

Recent decisions may carve the way to allow reductions in wages under the Payment of Wages Act 1991

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
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  • Ireland
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  • March 29 2011

It has been traditionally accepted that the general rule is that an employee's pay cannot be reduced unless the employer is given express powers to do so in the contract of employment (and he exercises such powers reasonably) andor the employee consents to the reduction

Delays in employment law forums

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
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  • Ireland
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  • March 29 2011

Employees making claims to employment law forums are currently facing considerable delays before their claims are heard

Dealing with confidential information

  • Mason Hayes & Curran
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  • Ireland
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  • March 29 2011

The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) ordered Emuse Technologies to pay compensation to its former human resources manager, Lorraine Fitzpatrick, after it ruled she had been unfairly dismissed