About Ireland - Employment
Lexis+® Ireland covers the full cycle of the employment relationship, from starting employment and managing workplace rights to handling grievances and termination. Resources include templates for flexible and remote working requests, practice notes on parental leave and other protected rights, and insights into the Workplace Relations Commission.
Starting employment
We offer a suite of precedents including an employee offer letter, employment contract and a comprehensive set of ready-made policy documents (including policies on parental leave, generative AI, hybrid working, harassment and bullying and social media).
Protected rights in employment
We provide practice notes giving guidance on protected rights in employment such as parental leave, flexible working and precedent employer letter’s responding to requests.
Workplace Relations Commission
Guidance on the functions of the Workplace Relations Commission and on key procedural issues and practical considerations involved in the complaints process.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Our practice notes explore equality law and protection against discrimination in Ireland and topical issues such as the gender pay gap.
Latest Ireland - Employment News
Law360: A group of transgender and intersex individuals launched a legal challenge against the equalities watchdog and a government minister on 16 May...
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Ireland—Employment analysis: This article was written by Noeleen Meehan of A&L Goodbody LLP...
Law360: The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is making moves to update legal guidance on single-sex spaces following a ruling on 16 April...
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Latest Ireland - Employment Practice Notes
Ireland—Hours of work and working time in IrelandThis Practice Note provides information on the restrictions and limits put in place on working...
Ireland—Without prejudice and pre-termination negotiations in employmentIntroductionIn the UK, it is common for employers and employees to use...
Ireland—Non-cash earnings—tax considerationsOverview of the tax treatment of benefits and perquisitesDefinitions and distinctionBenefits and...
Ireland—Employment horizon scanner 2025This employment horizon scanner tracks the progress of Irish legislation (including Bills in progress, Acts in...
Ireland—TUPE—Information and consultationThis Practice Note explains the obligations and procedures regarding information and consultation arising...
Latest Ireland - Employment Precedents
Ireland—Ordinary resolution of a company approving a payment to a director for loss of office This Precedent sets out alternative forms of a...
Ireland—Policy—Parental LeaveThis Precedent is a sample parental leave policy for inclusion in a staff handbook or use as a stand-alone policy.The...
Ireland—Grievance policy and procedureThis Precedent is a pro forma grievance policy and procedure for an employer to include in a staff handbook. The...
Ireland—Policy—data protection (staff facing)GeneralThis Precedent is an internal-facing data protection policy for use in relation to employees, or...
Ireland—Deductions from wagesIntroductionThis Precedent can be used where an employer wishes to make a deduction from an employee’s wages. The...
Featured Ireland - Employment content
Ireland—TUPE—Information and consultation
Ireland—TUPE—Information and consultationThis Practice Note explains the obligations and procedures regarding information and consultation arising...
Ireland—Making a complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC)
Ireland—Making a complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC)This Practice Note sets out the background to the establishment of the Workplace...
Ireland—Employment—Letter—Employee Offer Letter
Ireland—Employment—Letter—Employee Offer LetterGeneralThis Precedent is a sample initial employee offer letter outlining only the basic terms upon...
Ireland—Employment horizon scanner 2025
Ireland—Employment horizon scanner 2025This employment horizon scanner tracks the progress of Irish legislation (including Bills in progress, Acts in...
Ireland—Employment tax implications of a TUPE transfer
Ireland—Employment tax implications of a TUPE transferWhen employees are transferred along with the business in which they work pursuant to SI No...
Ireland—Artificial intelligence in the workplace
Ireland—Artificial intelligence in the workplaceArtificial intelligence (AI) is being used and being considered for use throughout the employment...
Ireland—Remote working arrangements
Ireland—Remote working arrangementsBackgroundThis Practice Note examines the legal and practical issues for employers to consider in relation to...
Ireland—Policy—internet, email and communications
GeneralThis Precedent is an internal-facing policy for an employer’s use in relation to employees, other workers and contractors, dealing with the use...
Ireland—Grievance policy and procedure (short form)
Ireland—Grievance policy and procedure (short form)This Precedent is a short-form, basic pro forma grievance policy and procedure for an employer to...
Ireland—Policy—information security
Ireland—Policy—information securityGeneralThis Precedent is a general information security policy, or data security policy, for Irish companies that...
Ireland—Deductions from wages
Ireland—Deductions from wagesIntroductionThis Precedent can be used where an employer wishes to make a deduction from an employee’s wages. The...
Ireland—Policy—social media
Ireland—Policy—social mediaThis Precedent is a social media policy for an employer to use in relation to employees and other workers, dealing with...
Ireland—Employment contract basic version
GeneralThis Precedent is a basic contract of employment....Ireland—Employment contract basic versionContract of employment dated [insert...
Ireland—Grievance policy and procedure
Ireland—Grievance policy and procedureThis Precedent is a pro forma grievance policy and procedure for an employer to include in a staff handbook. The...
Ireland—Policy—hybrid working
This Precedent is a sample workplace policy for an employer to issue as a stand-alone policy or include in an employee handbook, setting out the...
Ireland—Policy—Parental Leave
Ireland—Policy—Parental LeaveThis Precedent is a sample parental leave policy for inclusion in a staff handbook or use as a stand-alone policy.The...
Ireland—Letter—Template application for a flexible working arrangement
Ireland—Letter—Template application for a flexible working arrangementGeneralThis Precedent is a letter by which the employee submits a statutory...
Ireland—Letter—Employer’s acknowledgement of remote working request
Ireland—Letter—Employer’s acknowledgement of remote working request[TO BE TYPED ON THE HEADED NOTEPAPER OF THE EMPLOYER][Employee name][Employee...
Associated legal terms
Elective Services
In PF2 there are a list of elective services listed in the Services Output Specification which the Authority can elect to have done by Project Co (the Contractor) or it may choose to do them itself. The aim is to reduce the burden of applying the full Change Protocol when instructing a foreseeable Change to the services.
National Park
An area of land designated in England, Scotland and Wales at a national level. The aims and purposes of National Parks are laid out in the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act, and are to conserve and enhance the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage and to promote opportunities for the understanding and enjoyment of the special qualities by the public and to seek to foster the economic and social well-being of local communities within the National Parks. In Scotland, there are additional aims and purposes concerning the promotion of the sustainable use of the natural resources of the area and to promote sustainable economic and social development of the area's communities. For the Broads, aims and purposes relating to navigation are included. When the aims and purposes conflict with each other, the Sandford Principle should be used to give more weight to conservation of the environment.
State second pension (S2P)
The state second pension, which replaced the SERPS from 6 April 2002. Also known as the additional state pension. No longer available under the new state pension scheme introduced on 6 April 2016.
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