2016 Employment Round Up

2016 has been another busy year for employment law. We’ve summed up some of the key changes:

Retirement Ages: January 2016 saw the introduction of the The Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 which stipulates that employers must objectively justify a mandatory company retirement age. The advice to employers in this regard is to review employment contracts and staff policies, where a mandatory retirement age exists employers should include a robust policy objectively justifying the retirement age. The “Optional Sections” tab within the Handbook of Bright Contracts contains a draft policy which may assist employers set objective justification. Read more
Paternity Leave: 1 September 2016 saw the introduction of paid paternity leave in Ireland. Fathers / partners are now entitled to two weeks paid paternity leave within the first 26 weeks following the birth of a child / placement of a child for adoption. Read More
Minimum Wage: As announced in Budget 2017, minimum wage will increase again in January 2017, the new rate being €9.25.
CCTV in the Workplace: the Data Protection Commission this year released updated guidelines on CCTV use. The guidelines include a requirement for:

a written CCTV policy to be in place
a risk assessment to be conducted to justify the use of CCTV
a privacy impact assessment
evidence of previous incidents that have led to concerns that may justify the use of CCTV
clear signage indicating that there is CCTV recording in operation. Read More

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