Legal Updates
Supreme Court decision in Mallon v The Minister for Justice, Ireland and the Attorney General [2024] IESC 20
On 15 May, the Supreme Court delivered its judgment on this appeal. The Supreme Court’s decision was eagerly awaited to provide clarification of the law in relation to mandatory retirement ages. The issue of whether a mandatory retirement age is lawful has been complicated…
Read More ->Key Points – The Directive on Platform Work
On 24 April 2024, the Platform Work Directive was finally agreed. This Directive was introduced as a proposal in December 2021. Agreement appeared to have been finally reached in December 2023, only to have collapsed after behind the scenes negotiations. Finally, on 8 February, the European Parliament and Council struck a new provisional deal on the draft law…
Read More ->Updated Revenue Guidelines on Determining Employment Status
In May, Revenue published new guidelines for determining employment status for taxation purposes. These guidelines were drafted in light of the October 2023 Supreme Court decision in Karshan (Midlands) Ltd t/a Domino’s Pizza v The Revenue Commissioners…
Read More ->Supreme Court decision in H.A. O’Neil Limited v Unite the Union and others [2024] IESC 8
On 6 March, the Supreme Court delivered its judgment in H.A. O’Neil Limited v Unite the Union and others. This is a very important decision as the Supreme Court gave detailed consideration and clarification of the law in relation to restraining industrial action…
Read More ->Code of Practice for Employers and Employees on the Right to Request Flexible Working and Right to Request Remote Working
On 6 March, entitlements to request flexible working and remote working came into effect. On the same day, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Code of Practicefor Employers and Employees on the Right to Request Flexible Working and Right to Request Remote Working was published…
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