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.
Topics We Cover
Latest Ireland - Employment News
Ireland-Employment analysis: This article was written by Aisling Muldowney, Emer Murphy & Kate Heneghan of A&L Goodbody LLP. In this article, we...
Ireland—Employment analysis: This article, was written by A&L Goodbody LLP’s Pensions Team. The introduction of the State’s automatic retirement...
Ireland—Employment analysis: This article, written by A&L Goodbody’s Employment and Disputes & Investigations Team, examines the legal and...
Ireland—Employment analysis: This article is written by A&L Goodbody’s Employment Team. As many will be aware, employers with 50 or more employees...
Ireland—Employment analysis: This article was written by Arthur Cox LLP. It notes that the Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revenue) has published...
Latest Ireland - Employment Practice Notes
Ireland—Harassment in the workplaceSI No 208/2012 Employment Equality Act 1998 (Code of Practice) (Harassment) Order 2012 (Ireland) (2012 Code)...
Ireland—Data subject access requests (DSAR)The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (EU GDPR) governs much related to...
Ireland—Employment horizon scanner 2025This employment horizon scanner tracks the progress of Irish legislation (including Bills in progress, Acts in...
Artificial intelligence (AI) resource kitThis resource kit contains a list of the key practical guidance available across Lexis+® UK that deals with...
Ireland—Data protection basicsThis Practice Note provides a general introduction to data protection law in Ireland and its key concepts and provision....
Latest Ireland - Employment Precedents
This Precedent is a sample letter, requesting an employee to attend a meeting to discuss a grievance raised by the employee.It takes into account the...
Ireland—Draft outline script for formal performance and capability meetingThis Precedent is a draft script for an employer to use as a part of the...
Ireland—Letter—Employer’s acknowledgement of remote working request[TO BE TYPED ON THE HEADED NOTEPAPER OF THE EMPLOYER][Employee name][Employee...
Ireland—Draft outline script for grievance meetingThis Precedent is a draft script for an employer to use to act as a reminder of the steps to take at...
This Precedent is a sample letter from an employer to an employee setting out the outcome of a meeting to discuss a grievance or complaint.It takes...
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—data protection (staff facing)
Ireland—Policy—data protection (staff facing)GeneralThis Precedent is an internal-facing data protection policy for use in relation to employees, or...
Ireland—Letter—request to employee to attend grievance meeting
This Precedent is a sample letter, requesting an employee to attend a meeting to discuss a grievance raised by the employee.It takes into account 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...
Associated legal terms
UCP
The UCP is a set of standard terms and conditions developed by the International Chamber of Commerce which can be incorporated into a letter of credit. UCP stands for the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits. Although internationally recognised, these standard terms and conditions do not have the force of law. They must be expressly incorporated into a letter of credit if the parties concerned wish to use them (they are not automatically incorporated).
UK Buy-back and Stabilisation Regulation
Retained Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 setting out regulatory technical standards for the conditions applicable to buy-back programmes and stabilisation measures, as it forms part of retained EU law as defined in the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018
WTO proprietor
A person is a WTO Proprietor where he or she is a national of, or is domiciled in, a country which is a member of the World Trade Organisation or he has a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment in such a country.
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