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Ryanair flight cancellations
The lessons employers can learn
The recent flight cancellations by Ryanair arose mainly as a result in the change of their leave year. Ryanair had to change their leave year from April-March to January-December in order to bring it in line with IAA requirements, and Flight Time Limitations. They have also had to give increased holiday allocations to pilots and cabin crew.
Performance Improvement Plan
Is it the first step towards dismissal ?
When it comes to trying to achieve an improvement in a worker’s output, the Performance Improvement Plan should only be used where all other methods have failed. A skilled manager will strive to find out what the root cause of the employee’s failure to reach the target is. Maybe it is a training problem, or a workflow problem, or a leadership problem. Are the targets realistic ?
The GDPR is coming.
New improved Data Protection. Get ready now or pay the price later
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will become law throughout the EU on the 25th May 2018. It represents a major overhaul of data protection regulations in Europe. It will replace all current data protection regulations. In Ireland our current data protection legislation is embodied in the Data Protection Act 1988 as amended by the Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003.
The transgender employee
Steps you should take to avoid discrimination
As an employer you should always take steps to avoid discrimination. It is not good for the employee, it is not good for the atmosphere in the workplace and it is not good for you.
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