Employment Law Blog

What are my Rights as a Minority Shareholder?
- PostedNovember 30, 2017
It is not uncommon for individuals be they the original founders, small investors or employees for find themselves being offered minority shareholdings in small often start-up companies. Sometimes these individuals...
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Employee gets injunction to restrain HSE attempt to impose a retirement age
- PostedNovember 30, 2017
A recent High Court Judgment serves as a reminder to employers who have a retirement age for employees that the first issue they must consider is whether they are entitled...
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Processing of Employee Data
- PostedOctober 11, 2017
On the 8th June 2017, the EU’s Article 29 Working Party published an Opinion which sought to provide guidance on data processing in the employment context. This Opinion was designed...
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The Gender Pay Gap Information Bill
- PostedJuly 31, 2017
The Gender Pay Gap Information Bill was introduced by the Labour Party earlier this year. Its purpose is to require large employers to publish information relating to employee pay in...
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Government to call time on zero hours contracts
- PostedJune 6, 2017
The issue of employees employed on ‘zero contracts’ or low hour contracts has recently been in the spotlight. The Government has approved draft legislation which if implemented would prohibit this...
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Employers don’t make costly mistakes, seek expert advice
- PostedApril 24, 2017
No matter how fervently employers may wish to bury their head in the sand, when issues like unfair dismissal, redundancy, harassment, discrimination and other employment law problems arise, they can’t....
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