Relationship Building in the Workplace
Introduction In Stratis Consulting we support organisations to help them deal with employment relations issues, vast majority of which are collective in nature. Putting out the fires can be relatively easy but understanding how and why they ignited, and what needs to be done to minimise the risk of future fires, can be more difficult. Typically, efforts to understand the cause can be hampered due to a lack of intelligence as to what the front line staff are thinking and the
Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 – Mandatory Requirement for Employers
New legislation introduces a mandatory reporting obligation on certain employers to provide information on their gender pay gap. The Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 amends the Employment Equality Act 1998 - 2015 and requires certain employers to publish information relating to the remuneration of their employees by reference to the gender of such employees for the purpose of showing whether there are differences in such remuneration and, if there are such differences, the
LEEF Working Group Report on ‘Collective Bargaining’
Will Pose New Challenges for Private Sector Employers Introduction In 2021, the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar set up the High-Level Group on Collective Bargaining under the auspices of the Labour Employer Economic Forum (LEEF) to review collective bargaining and the industrial relations (IR) landscape in Ireland. At Stratis we welcome the significant effort that has been made by all parties to address some key issues arising from the
Pay Prospects For 2023 - Preliminary Guidance
Stratis Consulting has received numerous requests from clients to set out our views on likely developments in pay for 2023. While much uncertainty remains about the precise economic conditions that will obtain in 2023 we are setting out a preliminary guidance which we will likely update in December based on conditions at that time. The ongoing tightness in the labour market, the expectations for continued economic growth, albeit at a lower level than previously projected, the
Automatic Enrolment Retirement (AE) Savings System
A New ERA for Workplace Pensions? The recent news that Government has approved details of the new pension auto-enrolment scheme well ahead of its expected introduction in 2024 may catch some employers and workers by surprise, but is likely to herald a new era for workplace pensions. The General Scheme of the Automatic Enrolment (AE) Retirement Savings System Bill is sponsored by Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys and the heads of a bill will, in early 2023, go b
