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September 2019 Newsletter

Case Law Reviewed Under the WRC

In this month’s newsletter the team at Adare Human Resource Management consider in detail a number of cases as adjudicated under the Workplace Relations Commission.

Casual contracts of employment - 6 months on since the implementation of the miscellaneous...

The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018 was implemented on the 4th March 2019 and amended sections of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997, the Terms of Employment Information Act 1994 – 2014, and the Minimum Wage Act 2000. The essence of the new legislation was to address issues that arise for workers with unspecified / insecure hours of work by the provision of new statutory protections and rights and the prohibition of the use by Employers of zero-hour contracts, save in certain limited circumstances

Save the date - HR Barometer

How will you plan for the HR challenges in 2020? The HR Barometer Briefing is a must-attend event for HR Practitioners who are seeking to inform and empower their HR planning in 2020.

The Probationary Period

There are many misconceptions out there that an Employer reserves the right to automatically dismiss an Employee during probation without any risk as the Employee would not have the requisite service of 12 months to bring a claim under Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015.