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Employer relocation
Employee rights
In this article we look at the rights of an employee where an employer moves the location of their workplace.
My employer has told me that the location of the business will be moving, what should I do next?
If your employer moves your place of work to a different location, you should first of all check your contract of employment for a relocation or mobility clause.
A mobility or relocation clause will state that the employer has the ability to move location within certain limits. This will allow the employer to move employees to a new location, unless the move is totally unreasonable, e.g. to a different country, where this is not covered in the contract.
Many excellent employers provide reimbursement schemes for employees who have had to move in order to relocate.
The end of the P45 and P60
PAYE modernisation helps employees and employers
As the song says Well it’s bye bye to the P45 (and P60). (Apologies to fans of the original American Pie.)
Since 1 January 2019 the use of P45s and P60s have been discontinued. For employees who have left employment and have had to chase their former employer for a P45, this will come as welcome news. This is part of the Revenue Commissioners PAYE modernisation process. They are overhauling the PAYE system, which was first introduced in 1960. Employers must now report their employees’ pay and deductions to revenue as they occur. Employers are obliged to furnish to the Revenue Commissioners, information on any employees leaving their employment in real time.
Pregnancy related unfair dismissal
The Labour Court , in an appeal hearing, awarded €17,000 to an employee dismissed because of her pregnancy related illness.
The Emails, the Organisation of Working Time and the Employee who won her claim
Checking work Emails outside normal work hours can add up to a breach
Email communication has been a boon to business communication. So has the use of a smart phone for work purposes. Like everything, overuse can lead to abuse. That’s what happened in a case which went as far as the Irish Labour Court. The employee Grainne O’Hara was awarded €7,500 for repeated breaches of the Working Time legislation in Ireland by her employer Keepak Convenience Foods. (DWT1820)
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