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Top 10 Tips in Employment Law for Start Ups and everyone

  1. traffic light A written employment contract.

You are obliged under the Terms of Employment (Information Act 1994 to furnish a written statement , within the first two months of employment listing the essential terms of employment as stated in the Act. More

2. Do not discriminate

The Employment Equality Acts 1998 and 2004 make it illegal to discriminate on nine grounds More

A Contract of service or a contract for service, what's the difference?

plumber Different consequences flow from each contract. The main outcomes affect taxation and an employers responsibilities.

A contract of service applies to an employee.

A contract for service is used where you wish to employ the services of an independent contractor.

 

Top Five recruitment tips

note with top tips written on itHow to avoid making costly mistakes

 Under Equality legislation employers must not deny access to employment on the basis of age, race, nationality, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, gender, disability, religious belief and membership of the Traveller Community.

The purpose of this article is to make you aware of the risks inherent in hiring workers, especially when it comes to unintentionally breaching equality legislation. The core advice is take care, double check it and get it right. Awards in the region of €10,000 are not unusual in the area of discrimination.

 

Employment law is an ongoing affair.

bike at workYour encounter with employment law does not end when you have recruited an employee and furnished the necessary contract of employment and workplace procedure manuals.

Challenges constantly arise in the work environment which will test your knowledge of employment law in Ireland.

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