Barry Reynolds
DAC Beachcroft
Articles
COVID-19: Subsidy, Lay off and Redundancy (Ireland)
United Kingdom - March 25 2020 This is an interim update on developments now that further emergency legislation, Bill to Protect Jobs and Tenants and Support Healthcare...
Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018 - update on key changes - part 2
USA - November 14 2019 In the second article in our series of on this legislation, (our first article is available here) we highlight some common queries regarding banded...
Sexual harassment - the WRC highlights lessons for employers
Australia, Ireland - June 25 2019 The Workplace Relations Commission ("WRC") annual report for 2018 contains a potentially surprising statistic that, although in general the number of...
Are employees protected from dismissal in the first year of employment? - a word of caution to employers
Ireland - March 14 2019 Dismissals during the probationary period are often considered to be safe because an employee will not have the requisite one year's service...
Increased protection for variable hour workers in 2019
United Kingdom - January 18 2019 The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018 has been enacted and has been described as one of the most significant pieces of...
