Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Act 2023: Unpaid Leave for medical care purposes
Enacted into legislation in July 2023, the Act contains a new entitlement for employees to up to 5 days unpaid leave (in any period of 12 consecutive months) for serious medical care purposes, to provide personal care or support to...
Accommodating Breastfeeding Breaks in the Workplace
In July 2023, new employment entitlements were brought in as part of the recently passed Work Life Balance Act 2023. The Government enacted the extension of the breastfeeding entitlement from 6 months to 2 years which in addition puts the...
Code of Practice for Indoor Air Quality
The Health & Safety Authority (HSA) has issued a new Code of Practice for Indoor Air Quality (IAQ). The Code of Practice is implemented through S.I. No. 255/2023 - Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) (Amendment) Regulations 2023....
Workplace Relations Commission – Annual Report 2022
The WRC has recently published its Annual Report. Here at ISME, we wanted to save you the time of reading the comprehensive report released by the WRC and instead give you an overview of the aspects of the activities of...
Pension Auto-Enrolment – What we know so far
Auto-Enrolment The Department of Social Protection published a summary of the employer and employee implications of Auto-Enrolment, which is due to commence in January 2024. Some of the main points are as follows: Auto Enrolment (AE) for Employees Employees aged...
Longer working in Ireland
The world of work is ever changing, and an aspect of the employment journey which we are seeing an increase in the queries to ISME, is on how to deal with the transition to an employee’s retirement. Seeking to work...
HR Update: Work Life Balance
It is expected that the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 will be signed into law by the President shortly. This Bill provides for the introduction of new rights for employees to support a better balance of family...
New workers’ rights announced under the Work Life Balance Bill passed by the Oireachtas
Minister Roderic O’Gorman has welcomed the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 passing all Stages in the Oireachtas. The Bill provides for the introduction of new rights for employees to support a better balance of...
Dept of Social Protection offer free public employment service
The Department of Social Protection is probably best known as a provider of income support payments but a large part of their remit is to provide a free public employment services to employers. Intreo, is the Irish Public Employment Service...
EU Directive on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions
The European Union (Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions) Regulations 2022 became law on 16th December 2022. Given all the legislative changes in recent weeks you would be forgiven for not noticing this one. It is however a key piece of law that...
