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What's Happening In Employment Law In Ireland In 2026?

Irish employment law continued to evolve through 2025, with legislative movement across pay transparency, pensions, equality, and AI governance, alongside active adjudication...

Ireland Employment

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Ius Laboris

The EU Platform Work Directive: What It Is And Why It Matters

The EU Platform Work Directive (Directive (EU) 2024/2831) represents a significant development in the regulation of digital labour platforms.

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

What's Happening In Employment Law In Ireland In 2026?

Irish employment law continued to evolve through 2025, with legislative movement across pay transparency, pensions, equality, and AI governance, alongside active adjudication before the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC)...

Ireland Employment

LS

Lewis Silkin

Looking Ahead To 2026: What Employers Need To Know

As we move into 2026, employers, HR professionals and employees alike are preparing for a variety of different changes affecting the workplace. The coming year will see major reforms affecting pensions, pay transparency...

Ireland Employment

W

Walkers

Labour Court Recommendation Highlights Issues With Resolving EWC Disputes In Ireland

Ireland Employment

LS

Lewis Silkin

Horizon Scanner: Energy, Planning, Infrastructure And Construction January 2026 - Employment

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

The Impact Of The 2024 Act On NDAs In Employment Settlements: A One-Year Review

Ireland Employment

RL

RDJ LLP

Requests To Work Longer – Changes To Mandatory Retirement Ages Become Law

Ireland Employment

MF

McCann Fitzgerald

New Legislation: The Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Act 2025

Ireland Employment

DE

Dillon Eustace

Pay Transparency Laws In Ireland – Are You Ready For June 2026?

Ireland Employment

MG

Maples Group

What's Another Year 2026 - Employment And Pensions

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

Auto-Enrolment Alert: Minimum Contribution Standards For Exemption Now In Force

Ireland Employment

WF

William Fry

New Regulations On Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System – Minimum Contribution Standards For Other Pension Arrangements

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

New Auto-Enrolment Pension Scheme In Ireland

Ireland Employment

NP

Nexdigm Private Limited

Updates To The Irish Fitness And Probity Regime: What Firms Need To Know

Ireland Finance

MG

Maples Group

What's Happening In Employment Law In Ireland In 2026?

Ireland Employment

LS

Lewis Silkin

Horizon Scanner Finance January 2026 - European Developments

European Union Finance

AC

Arthur Cox

2025 To 2026: Ireland's Immigration Shift – What You Need To Know

Ireland Immigration

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

Financial Services Regulation 2025

Ireland Finance

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McCann Fitzgerald

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Contract of Employment

Requests To Work Longer – Changes To Mandatory Retirement Ages Become Law

Employers with employees who have contractual retirement ages of 65 or lower should be aware that new legislation will restrict the circumstances in which such retirement ages can be enforced.

Ireland Employment

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McCann Fitzgerald

New Legislation: The Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Act 2025

The Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Act 2025 (the "Act") was signed into law on 16 December 2025 and is expected to enter into force during 2026.

Ireland Employment

DE

Dillon Eustace

3 Key Developments In Employment Law From 2025

2025 was another busy year in Irish employment law. In this update which was published by Legal Island on Thursday 11 December, Addleshaw Goddard look at three areas that came into sharp focus for HR professionals...

Ireland Employment

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

Ireland's New Action Plan To Promote Collective Bargaining: What Does It Mean For Employers?

Ireland Employment

LS

Lewis Silkin

Ireland Employment Law Round-Up: What's Ahead For Employers

Ireland Employment

W

Walkers

Employee Or Contractor? Revenue Gives Employers An Opportunity To Correct Payroll Issues – Without Penalty

Ireland Employment

RL

RDJ LLP

Abandonment Of Employment: Legal Risks And Employer Responsibilities

Ireland Employment

RL

RDJ LLP

Employment Rights In Ireland: A Guide For Employers And Employees

Ireland Employment

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Protected Disclosures Act 2014 - Current Trends And Section 5(5) Defence Explored

Ireland Employment

RL

RDJ LLP

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Discrimination, Disability & Sexual Harassment

The Impact Of The 2024 Act On NDAs In Employment Settlements: A One-Year Review

It is over one year since the Maternity Protection, Employment Equality and Preservation of Certain Records Act 2024 ("the 2024 Act") came into effect on the 20 November 2024.

Ireland Employment

RL

RDJ LLP

The EU Pay Transparency Directive (Podcast)

In this episode of our podcast series, Louise O'Byrne, Partner, and Hannah O'Farrell, Senior Associate, in our Employment Group discuss the incoming EU Pay Transparency Directive, in particular its implementation...

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

The EU Pay Transparency Directive (Video) (Podcast)

In this episode of our podcast series, Louise O'Byrne, Partner, and Hannah O'Farrell, Senior Associate, in our Employment Group discuss the incoming EU Pay Transparency Directive...

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

Horizon Scanning What Irish Employers Need To Know For 2026

Ireland Employment

RL

RDJ LLP

AI In HR: Enhancing Practice And Mitigating Its Risks

Ireland Employment

RL

RDJ LLP

The Pay Transparency Directive – Joint Pay Assessments

Ireland Employment

M

Matheson

AI On The Job: How AI Is Re-Shaping Employment Law

Ireland Technology

WF

William Fry

Sexual Harassment Investigations Require Careful Handling To Ensure Fairness And Compliance With Internal Policies

Ireland Employment

RL

RDJ LLP

Ditching DEI: Causes For Concern And The Case For Inclusive Policies

Worldwide Employment

RL

RDJ LLP

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Retirement, Superannuation & Pensions

What's Happening In Employment Law In Ireland In 2026?

Irish employment law continued to evolve through 2025, with legislative movement across pay transparency, pensions, equality, and AI governance, alongside active adjudication...

Ireland Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

What's Happening In Employment Law In Ireland In 2026?

Irish employment law continued to evolve through 2025, with legislative movement across pay transparency, pensions, equality, and AI governance, alongside active adjudication before the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC)...

Ireland Employment

LS

Lewis Silkin

Looking Ahead To 2026: What Employers Need To Know

As we move into 2026, employers, HR professionals and employees alike are preparing for a variety of different changes affecting the workplace. The coming year will see major reforms affecting pensions, pay transparency...

Ireland Employment

W

Walkers

Requests To Work Longer – Changes To Mandatory Retirement Ages Become Law

Ireland Employment

MF

McCann Fitzgerald

New Legislation: The Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Act 2025

Ireland Employment

DE

Dillon Eustace

What's Another Year 2026 - Employment And Pensions

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

Auto-Enrolment Alert: Minimum Contribution Standards For Exemption Now In Force

Ireland Employment

WF

William Fry

New Regulations On Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System – Minimum Contribution Standards For Other Pension Arrangements

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

New Auto-Enrolment Pension Scheme In Ireland

Ireland Employment

NP

Nexdigm Private Limited

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Unfair/ Wrongful Dismissal

Getting Redundancy Right In Northern Ireland – Part 1: Handling Individual Redundancies With Care

At the beginning of summer, confirmed redundancies in Northern Ireland reached their highest monthly level in almost five years. Are employers getting redundancy right?

Ireland Employment

LS

Lewis Silkin

Abandonment Of Employment: Legal Risks And Employer Responsibilities

On the surface, it is understandable how an employer might consider that an employee who has not turned up to work for a prolonged period of time could be considered to have abandoned their employment.

Ireland Employment

RL

RDJ LLP

Protected Disclosures Act 2014 - Current Trends And Section 5(5) Defence Explored

The RDJ Employment Team is seeing an increasing number of claims under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (the "2014 Act") in practice.

Ireland Employment

RL

RDJ LLP

Irish Employment Law

Ireland Employment

LS

Lewis Silkin

Performance Management And Exit Conversations In Irish Employment Law

Ireland Employment

RL

RDJ LLP

Increase To Employment Rates And Limits Announced In Northern Ireland

Ireland Employment

LS

Lewis Silkin

Pregnancy Loss And The Workplace In Ireland

Ireland Employment

LS

Lewis Silkin

What's Happening In Northern Irish Employment Law In 2025?

Ireland Employment

LS

Lewis Silkin

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide

Ireland Employment

AC

Arthur Cox

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Latest Videos

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'Good Jobs' Podcast: Unpacking The Way Forward (Podcast)

LS

Lewis Silkin

EU Pay Transparency Directive: What's Clear, What's Not (Video)

IL

Ius Laboris

Is Your Business Ready For Pension Auto-Enrolment? (Video)

AC

Arthur Cox

Ireland's Gender Pay Gap (and Reporting) - Top 10 Questions And Answers (Video)

WF

William Fry

Travel Disruption - Are Employers Obligated To Pay Stranded Workers? (Video)

MH

Mason Hayes & Curran

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