Ireland: Unfair/ Wrongful Dismissal

Fixed-term contracts offer flexibility for Irish employers, but they require careful navigation of equal treatment obligations, renewal restrictions, and dismissal risks. Understanding the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003 is essential to avoid inadvertent legal liability and ensure compliance with successive contract limits, probation requirements, and redundancy entitlements.

Ireland's Labour Court has released its 2025 Annual Report, revealing an 11% decrease in case referrals alongside increasingly complex workplace disputes spanning employment rights appeals, industrial relations matters, and collective bargaining agreements. The report highlights significant legal developments including High Court appeals on European Works Councils and collective redundancies, while demonstrating the Court's expanding role in setting employment standards through Employment Regulation Orders

US employers expanding to Ireland will find a balanced employment law framework that differs significantly from American "at-will" practices but offers surprising advantages. While Irish law mandates written contracts, generous leave policies, and formal dismissal procedures, it also provides greater predictability, limited union obligations, and streamlined dispute resolution compared to both US litigation and heavily regulated European markets. Understanding these key distinctions—from mandatory ben

Addressing capability issues and manging performance in the workplace, whilst protecting the employer organisation from legal liability, takes time and lots of patience.

It's that time of the year when employment law changes traditionally take effect, and this year there have been significant increases in several rates and limits. Here is our summary of the most important changes.

As the Labour government in England, Wales and Scotland commits to introducing pregnancy loss leave (for those who experience pregnancy...

Many employers utilise fixed-term and specific purpose contracts of employment. The RDJ LLP Employment Team regularly advises our clients on the employment law...

In response to the Pensions Commission Recommendations and Implementation Plan, the Government committed to a range of pension reforms which included a commitment...

In October 2023, the Supreme Court granted the applicant school board of management (the "Board") leave to appeal an earlier High Court decision.