Posts Tagged ‘employee rights’

All About Annual Leave

As we approach the main Summer holiday season, I thought it would be useful to clarify some points on annual leave entitlement that I often get asked about. All employees (including temporary and part time employees) accrue annual leave based on hours worked, up to a maximum 4 working weeks when at least 1365 hours are worked [...]

Named & Shamed

The long awaited Employment Rights Compliance Bill was published on March 18th 2008 and contains a number of measures intended to overhaul the existing employment rights and compliance infrastructure. Proposals include provisions for greater penalties for non-compliance of up to €250,000 and/or 3 years imprisonment; publication of a comprehensive list of documents, which must be [...]