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 EMPLOYMENT LAW :::
Legislation has made a very considerable impact on employment relationships in recent time and there now stands a wealth of rights and obligations on the part of the Employer and Employee.
The principal legislation is as follows :
1) The terms of the Employment Information Act, 1994, this obliges Employers to inform Employees of the conditions that apply to their employment.
Organisation of working time Act, 1997, this Act deals with maximum weekly working time and holidays and public and bank holidays and also places an obligation on the employees to keep records of holidays and public holidays.
Unfair Dismissal Act, 1997- governs the determination of contract of employment set out the procedures that must be followed in essecting the determination and also lays down the framework for the calculation of compensation for unfair dismissal.
The Act also specifies the procedures that must be followed in a redundancy and in selecting a particular employee for redundancy.
The Parental Leave Act 1998 and the Maternity Protection Act, 1994, sets out the entitlements to parental leave and maternity leave and the maximum amount of leave that might be taken.
The payment of wages act 1991 governs the payment of wages and the deductions that are permitted by an Employer. Complaints in relation to unlawful deductions are made to a Right Commissioner of the Employment Equality Act, 1998 greatly add to the scope of equality legislation and prohibits both direct and indirect discrimination in relation to the following
1) Access to employment.
2) Conditions of Employment.
3) Training or experience.
4) Promotion.
The discrimination outlawed by the legislation is on the following grounds
1) gender.
2) Marital status.
3) Family status.
4) Religion.
5) Age.
6) Disability.
7) Race, nationality or ethnic origin.
8) Member of the travelling community.
The Safety Health & Welfare at Work Act 1989 was enacts with the aim of preventing accidents by obliging employers to access potential risks in their place of work and by establishing a regular body with enforcement powers and also imposes general duties on both employer and employees. |
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