HR E-ssentials from Graphite HRM - August 2008

Welcome to this month's Ezine on HR and employment law matters. To ensure that your business continues to be compliant, please click on the links below and take time to read the following important updates.

HR News

Data Protection Commissioner's Annual Report for 2007 - Lessons for Employers

The Data Protection Commissioner's Office launched its Annual Report for 2007 recently. The report includes some interesting cases which provide lessons for employers on how to adhere to the requirements of Data Protection legislation. More...

HR News

Launch of the Employment Appeals Tribunal Annual Report for 2007

The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) launched its Annual Report for 2007 on 17th July 2008. The report sets out many interesting statistics reflecting the work of the EAT. More...

Employment Law Update (for Clients only)

The Employment Law Compliance Bill 2008 - A Practical Guide

The Employment Law Compliance Bill 2008 was published on 18th March 2008 and at the date of writing, is working its way through the Houses of the Oireachtas with the intention of being enacted at some point in 2008. As part of the Towards 2016 negotiations, the Government agreed to come up with a method of ensuring greater compliance with Irish employment law amongst employers and to close loop holes that had allowed events such as the Irish Ferries' collective redundancy case and the GAMA construction case to happen in the past. More...

Lessons from Case Law (for Clients only)

Award of €25,000 plus Interest for Sexual Harassment by Phone

A female employee of a recruitment firm lodged a claim with the Equality Tribunal alleging that she was sexually harassed on a night out with work colleagues by her manager through text messages sent from his phone to hers. She further submitted that once she complained of this to her employer, she was dismissed. The Equality Officer found in favour of the Complainant and awarded her €25,000, plus interest from the date the claim was lodged. More...

Graphite Consultation Queries (for Clients only)

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