Introduction

We have all heard the phrase “Culture eats strategy for breakfast”. The phrase is widely accredited to Peter Drucker and apparently was a guiding principle of Mark Fields, who was the President of Ford from 2014 - 2017. The simple logic being that any organ...

Introduction

Why do the best sports people in the world have psychological coaches? How is it that people perform differently on different occasions? If the talent and competence has not changed between one occasion and the next why is it that we do not all perform to o...

New Measures to Support New Ways of Working

The Irish Government has committed in its Programme for Government to bringing forward proposals on a right to disconnect and will consider a role for the Workplace Relations Commission in drawing up a code in this area. This...

In September the Public Sector Unions and Senior Public Servants from Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) and the Department of Finance (DOF) will commence discussions on a successor agreement to the Public Service Stability Agreement. (PSSA) 

This forthc...

Start with the end in mind…

Whenever an organisation is contemplating any decision in respect of an employee, consideration must be given to where this could end up and what the likely outcome of a third-party hearing will be. The potential for claims exists with regard...

The experience of many workers of working from home during the Covid-19 crisis has led to a greater interest in remote working arrangements generally. Many expect that the proportion of people working from home on a regular basis once the crisis is over will increase s...

A Quick Recap

The unprecedented shock to the Irish economy from Covid-19 has impacted on all aspects of Irish society. Whole swathes of business activity shuddered to a halt, with a collapse in employment levels, when the lock-down commenced on 28th March and is only no...

This article was originally published on 03.03.20. Given the constantly changing environment, since then, this article was updated on 20.05.20. Here is the updated article...

Several campaigns by trade unions, and in particular Public Sector Trade Unions, with the...

Introduction

As employers and workers come to grips with the implications of the National Return to Work Safely Protocol published by the Irish Government, some key questions have arisen as employers work through the many issues they have to consider in preparing to reo...

You will be aware of the publication over the weekend by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation of the above Protocol which represents an important milestone on the road to getting Ireland back to work. 

It is critical that we get as many businesses back...