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Ireland: What does the ‘right to disconnect’ mean? Siobhra Rush speaks to Jess Kelly on Newstalk
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06 April 2021Jess Kelly chats to Siobhra Rush about the 'right to disconnect', the founders of Refurbed.ie and the team behind Saylists.
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Business Post: Future of working from home will rely on trust. Síobhra Rush comments for Business Post
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06 April 2021The new code of practice on the right to disconnect is a timely response to an issue that has become a hot-button topic since the pandemic descended.
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Employers have a duty to support home workers: Abi Frederick and Paul Norris write for Employee Benefits
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06 April 2021Employers have a duty to take steps that are reasonably necessary to ensure the health, safety and welfare of homeworkers. The risks include feelings of isolation, a lack of supervision, issues arising from prolonged use of display screen equipment, working long hours and taking inadequate breaks.
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UK: Care Workers Not Entitled To Minimum Wage When Asleep During Sleep-In Shifts: A New UK Supreme Court Ruling. Steven Lorber comments for Mondaq
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31 March 2021In a decision of huge significance for the care sector, the UK Supreme Court has finally given a long-awaited judgment, ruling that care workers working sleep-in shifts are not entitled to the national minimum wage for periods when they are asleep.
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Furlough – CJRS scheme extended again – current issues and priorities for employers: Lucy Lewis and Richard Moore write for Employment Law Journal
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30 March 2021In this article for Employment Law Journal, Lucy Lewis and Richard Moore share their insights on new debates about how the furlough scheme interacts with arrangements for schools and with the roll-out of workplace Covid-19 testing and vaccination.
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Compensation for unfair dismissals likely to increase: Linda Hynes comments for Irish Independent
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17 March 2021Linda Hynes comments for the Irish Independent on the impact that Covid-19 is likely to have on higher compensation awards for workers who have been unfairly dismissed.
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Multiple case numbers soar at Employment Tribunals: Laura Farnsworth comments for Personnel Today
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12 March 2021In this article for Personnel Today, Laura Farnsworth shares her insight on the rising claims within the employment tribunal since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Jabs for jobs? What to know when putting together your firm’s vaccination policy: Richard Moore comments for The Drum
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12 March 2021Can (and should) workplaces be encouraging or insisting that employees are vaccinated before they return? Could being vaccinated against Covid-19 become a company policy? Richard Moore discusses further in this article for The Drum.
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Strategy to sort out remote working on both sides: Síobhra Rush comments for Health and Safety Times
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10 March 2021In this article, Siobhra Rush comments for Health and Safety Times on the right to work remotely.
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Insist or incentivize? Companies are deciding whether to make vaccines mandatory: David Samuels comments for CNN
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23 February 2021Companies are now being forced to answer a question that was until recently mostly hypothetical. Should they require their employees to get a coronavirus vaccine, or incentivize them to get the shot? David Samuels shared his insight in this article for CNN.
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Coronavirus: 'No jab no job' policies may be legal for new staff. David Samuels comments for BBC
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18 February 2021David Samuels comments for the BBC News on whether companies can make Covid-19 vaccines in the workplace mandatory.
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UK companies look to make Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory: James Davies comments for Financial Times
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17 February 2021British companies are looking to draw up “no jab, no job” contracts for employees, as the government admitted that it was “up to businesses” if they wanted workers or customers to hold coronavirus vaccination passports. James Davies shares his insight in this article.
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Reforming non-compete clauses: radical change ahead? David Samuels, Mike Anderson and Toni Lorenzo comment for PLC Magazine
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29 January 2021As part of the government’s intention to support businesses in recovering from the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is consulting on reforming the law on post-termination non-compete clauses in employment contracts. David Samuels, Mike Anderson, and Toni Lorenzo share their insights in this article for PLC Magazine.
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Siobhra Rush discusses Ireland's first National Remote Work Strategy on Classic Hits Radio Ireland
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25 January 2021New laws allowing employees to “work from home” will change working life forever. The Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has published Ireland’s first National Remote Work Strategy to make this a permanent option for life after Covid. So can your employer refuse a request to work from home? Trina Mara speaks to Síobhra Rush.
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Tackling bullying and harassment in a remote working environment: Carolyn Soakell writes for People Management
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18 January 2021Inappropriate behaviour that may be obvious in the office may not be as visible when staff are at home, which can make victims feel nervous about speaking out.
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Ireland: How society will tech it to the next level in 2021: Síobhra Rush comments for The Times
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12 January 2021From robot surgery to cyberwarfare and electric planes, business leaders and experts reveal how science may affect our lives over the next 12 months
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Gender pay gap may be skewed by furloughing: Tom Heys comments for The Times
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04 January 2021Furloughed workers will be excluded from mandatory gender pay gap reporting next year, which could distort pay disparities between men and women.
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Rethinking our definition of bullying and harassment: Lucy Hendley writes for The Law Society Gazette
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23 December 2020The way we look at behaviour and management styles in the workplace has shifted in recent years. Some members of our profession will remember a time where it wasn’t considered an issue to shout at a trainee for their poor research memo or criticise a junior lawyer in public. We all knew the partners we had to keep on the good side of and the ones to avoid wherever possible.
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Take the time to recharge: Emma Richardson comments for HR Magazine
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15 December 2020With web searches for ‘occupational burnout’ surging more than 2,500% since 2015, could HR teams hold the key to combatting busy culture? Or is being ‘totally slammed’ and ‘completely maxed out’ so tightly woven into workplaces that we have no hope of changing the narrative?
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The gender pay gap: Tom Heys and Rachel Ward comment in a briefing paper for the House of Commons
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20 November 2020This briefing paper provides statistics on the size of the gender pay gap in the UK, looks at some of the reasons why the gender pay gap arises and discusses the duty on large employers to report on the size of the gender pay gap in their workforce.