Employment Law in Ireland
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Constructive dismissal cases are difficult to win because the burden of proof is on the employee to prove that she had no other option but to resign due to the unreasonableness of the employer. The January, 2013 decision of the Employment Appeals Tribunal in the case of Daniel O’Gorman v Glen Tyre Company Limited illustrates [...]
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The Protection of Employment Acts, 1977 to 2007, applies to employers who normally have more than 20 employees and must be followed by these employers when carrying out a programme of collective redundancies. The acts, and various regulations, set out the procedure that must be followed by these companies. Collective redundancies are defined in S.I. [...]
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Everyone has strong rights when it comes to the data that is held on them thanks to the Data Protection Act. And it is up to the data protection commissioner to uphold those rights. All businesses and institutiions should be concerned about data protection and the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003. These 2 acts attempt to balance the [...]