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—Remote working arrangementsBackgroundThis Practice Note examines the legal and practical issues for employers to consider in relation to...
Ireland—Artificial intelligence in the workplaceArtificial intelligence (AI) is being used and being considered for use throughout the employment...
Ireland—Redundancy—an introductionRedundancy occurs when an employee(s) is dismissed because their role within the business ceases to exist. This can...
Ireland—Equality law in the Irish workplace and protection against discriminationEqual treatment under Irish lawBunreacht na hÉireannIn Ireland, the...
Ireland—How to manage personal development and appraisalsThe essence of any performance management process is the relationship between employee and...
Latest Ireland - Employment Precedents
Ireland—Letter—to employee initiating pre-termination negotiationsThis Precedent is for use where the employer wishes to begin negotiations with an...
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...
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
Admitted body status
ABS provisions were introduced in 1999 to enable contractors to take on local authority contracts to provide ongoing active membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme for those local government employees who transfer to the contractor.
Non-delegable duties
As a general rule, an employer is not liable for the torts of his independent contractors. However, in certain exceptional circumstances the employer will be liable, if the employer's own duty is of an unusual type such that the actions of the independent contractor place the employer in breach of his own duty. Duties of this kind are known as non-delegable duties and they can be at common law or imposed by statute.
Ruat coelum, fiat iustitia
Let the heavens fall but let justice be done.
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