by Eoin Lyons | Apr 12, 2023 | Employment Law Compliance, Mental Health, Policies and Procedures, Stress at Work, Workplace Stress
In our recent poll on LinkedIn, we found that a shocking 70% of you (at the time of writing) are not collecting data on wellbeing in your organisation. Although wellbeing as a priority and topic, is by no means a new arrival onto the HR to-do list, the depth and...
by Eoin Lyons | Mar 8, 2023 | Bullying, Conflict in the Workplace, Employment Law Compliance, Grievance and Disciplinary, Policies and Procedures, Sexual harassment, Workplace Conflict, Workplace Investigations
In our recent poll on LinkedIn, we found that a shocking 70% of you (at the time of writing) experienced or witnessed discrimination in the workplace. Although legislation, policies and practices have been aiming to prevent, or at least minimise, workplace...
by Eoin Lyons | Oct 12, 2022 | Employee Grievances, Sexual harassment, Workplace Investigations
Exactly one year ago, in October 2021, the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre published a research paper aimed at finding solutions to workplace sexual harassment in Ireland. The survey of 940 individuals, which took place in 2018, showed that 75.7% of respondents said they...
by Eoin Lyons | Apr 14, 2022 | Employee Grievances, Employment Law Compliance, Workplace Investigations
There are many reasons why an employee might raise a complaint. Perhaps they feel that they are being treated unfairly by their colleagues or management. They may feel that they are being bullied, harassed, or discriminated against. They might have a complaint about...
by Eoin Lyons | Mar 9, 2022 | Contracts and Handbooks, Employee Grievances, Hiring, Performance Management, Workplace Conflict
The past two years have marked another huge period of change for companies everywhere. A global pandemic, a continuing skills shortage, the sustained adoption of technology and a reset of the employee-company power relationship, amongst other things, are all...
by Eoin Lyons | Oct 13, 2021 | Change Management, Covid-19, Discipline and Grievances, Employee Grievances, Workplace Conflict
As we return to work, the onset of division between vaccinated and unvaccinated employees has been an unfortunate development. Since September 20th, there has been a gradual and careful re-opening of offices as advised by the Irish Government. Ahead of further easing...