Description

This practical guide to Irish employment law brings together the knowledge and expertise of Ireland's leading employment, tax and pensions law practitioners.

In-depth and accessible, it gives a comprehensive and clear review of all aspects of employment and labour law. This is the second edition of Employment Law, which has been newly updated and revised to include the extensive changes to the law, including in relation to the workings of the Workplace Relations Commission, and new chapters on whistle blowing, health and safety, mediation, agency workers, restraint of trade and injunctions. These build on the book's established chapters on the wide ranging facets of employment law, such as the employment relationship, Immigration and cross-border issues, and trade unions and industrial relations.

Ideal for legal practitioners, employers and human resource specialists: with a copy on your bookshelf, accurate, detailed information on the law on all aspects of employment and labour law will always be close to hand. Your firm and clients will benefit from the technical pointers, tips and know-how to ensure complete legal compliance. Whatever you need on employment and industrial relations law, you'll find it within the pages of Employment Law. Keeps your firm right up-to-date on the latest issues and developments.

This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Irish Employment Law online service.

Table of Contents

Part I Employment Law: Sources and Institutions
Chapter 1 Sources and Institutions
Part II The Employment Relationship
Chapter 2 The Contract and Relationship of Employment
Chapter 3 The Terms of the Employment Contract
Chapter 4 Working Time
Chapter 5 Health and Safety at Work
Chapter 6 Protective Leave
Chapter 7 Workplace Privacy and Data Protection
Chapter 8 Bullying, Harassment and Stress at Work
Chapter 9 Vicarious Liability
Chapter 10 Whistleblowing
Chapter 11 Restraint of Trade
Chapter 12 Part-Time Workers
Chapter 13 Fixed-Term Workers
Chapter 14 Agency Workers
Part III Pay, Pensions and Benefits
Chapter 15 Pay, Pensions and Benefits
Part IV Employers' Insolvency
Chapter 16 Employers' Insolvency
Part V Employment Equality
Chapter 17 Employment Equality
Part VI Termination of Employment
Chapter 18 Dismissal
Chapter 19 Redundancy
Part VII Collective Aspects of the Employment Relationship
Chapter 20 Employee Involvement
Chapter 21 Trade Unions
Chapter 22 Industrial Relations Law
Part VIII Transfer of Undertakings
Chapter 23 Transfer of Undertakings
Part IX Immigration and International Employment
Chapter 24 Immigration
Chapter 25 International Employment
Part X Taxation
Chapter 26 Taxation
Part XI Mediation
Chapter 27 Mediation
Part XII Practice and Procedure in Employment Law
Chapter 28 Practice and Procedure in Employment Law
Chapter 29 Injunctions
Appendices:
Codes of Practice
Appendix A: Atypical Employees:
Code of Practice for Determining Employment or Self-Employment Status of Individuals;
Industrial Relations Act 1990 (Code of Practice for Protecting Persons Employed in Other People's Homes) (Declaration) Order 2007;
Appendix B: Working Time:
Organisation of Working Time (Code of Practice on Compensatory Rest and Related Matters) (Declaration) Order 1998;
Organisation of Working Time (Code of Practice on Sunday Working in the Retail Trade and Related Matters) (Declaration) Order 1998;
Appendix C: Bullying and Harassment:
Industrial Relations Act 1990 (Code of Practice detailing Procedures for Addressing Bullying in the Workplace) (Declaration) Order 2002;
Health and Safety Authority Code of Practice for Employers and Employees on the Prevention and Resolution of Bullying at Work;
Employment Equality Act 1998 (Code of Practice) (Harassment) Order 2012;
Appendix D: Part-Time Workers:
Industrial Relations Act 1990 (Code of Practice on Access to Part-Time Working) (Declaration) Order 2006;
Appendix E: Employee Involvement:
Industrial Relations Act 1990 (Code of Practice on Information and Consultation) (Declaration) Order 2008;
Appendix F: Dismissal:
Industrial Relations Act 1990 (Code of Practice on Grievance and Disciplinary Procedures) (Declaration) Order, 2000;
Appendix G: Trade Unions:
Industrial Relations Act 1990, Code of Practice on Employee Representatives (Declaration) Order, 1993;
Appendix H: Industrial Relations:
Industrial Relations Act 1990, Code Of Practice On Dispute Procedures (Declaration) Order 1992;
Industrial Relations Act 1990 (Enhanced Code of Practice on Voluntary Dispute Resolution) (Declaration) Order 2004;
Industrial Relations Act 1990 (Code of Practice on Victimisation) (Declaration) Order 2015;
Appendix I: Protected Disclosures:
Industrial Relations Act 1990 (Code of Practice on Protected Disclosures Act 2014) (Declaration) Order 2015

Product details

Published 25 May 2017
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 1500
ISBN 9781526503121
Imprint Bloomsbury Professional
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Ailbhe Murphy

Ailbhe Murphy, solicitor, is Senior Employment Cou…

Author

Maeve Regan

Maeve Regan is a Consultant Solicitor in Employmen…

Anthology Editor

Maeve Regan

Maeve Regan is a Consultant Solicitor in Employmen…

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