by Eoin Lyons | May 28, 2020 | Workplace Conflict
All employers have, “so far as is reasonably practicable,” a responsibility to safeguard “the safety, health and welfare at work of his or her employees”. In order to fully comply with this requirement in the middle of the current crisis, employers need to stay on top...
by Eoin Lyons | May 28, 2020 | Employment Law Compliance
As many businesses across Ireland are getting ready to reopen on a phased basis, those employees who have successfully been working from home are required to remain doing so. This means that it will be August – or even later – before workers fully return to the...
by Eoin Lyons | Apr 30, 2020 | Workplace Conflict, Workplace Investigations
If you have arrived here from a Google search and you are wondering how to conduct a remote workplace investigation, we suggest you check out Part One of this two-part series here. So, you’ve made the initial preparations for your remote workplace investigation,...
by Eoin Lyons | Apr 30, 2020 | Workplace Conflict, Workplace Investigations
In our last blog we discussed the reasons why you should consider bringing your workplace investigations online. It is understandable that you might have some initial reticence about doing so. After all, workplace investigations can be a minefield at the best of...
by Eoin Lyons | Apr 6, 2020 | HR Support Services, Redundancy Management
In March, the Economic and Social Research Institute predicted that the Irish economy could shrink by 7% in 2020, with EY Ireland stating it could shrink as much as 13% depending on the length of the Covid-19 restrictions. For a nation still not fully recovered from...
by Eoin Lyons | Apr 6, 2020 | HR Support Services
Employee engagement should already feature highly on your list of a priorities. However, in the unprecedented time we find ourselves in currently it is more important than ever. As well as adjusting to a new way of working, your employees may also be struggling with...
by Eoin Lyons | Apr 6, 2020 | HR Support Services
Due to governmental advice regarding Covid-19/Coronavirus, many employers are now facilitating remote working for their employees. If your job is computer based, then you may be one such employee. And even though you feel like you should be grateful to be able to work...
by Eoin Lyons | Apr 6, 2020 | HR Support Services
Thanks to Covid-19, almost every business in Ireland has been undergoing some significant changes to its operations. At first the schools closed, then it was the pubs, restaurants and cultural institutions. Then came the latest restrictions which stated that all...
by Insight Editor | Mar 5, 2020 | HR Support Services
COVID-19, or Coronavirus, was declared a Public Health Emergency in January 2020 by the World Health Organisation (WHO). To date, there has been no vaccination discovered. As coronavirus has the potential to be fatal, certain precautions must be put into place...
by Insight Editor | Mar 2, 2020 | HR Support Services
When it comes to employee discipline, a lot of employers and managers feel uncomfortable in having what they deem to be an ‘awkward’ conversation. So much so in fact that they can tend to put it off, enabling the issue to fester and worsen over time. This can be down...
