Course Details

The session provides an overview of the updates and changes in Employment Law in 2024 and a review of same along with what is coming down the line in 2025.


It is important for employers to ensure they remain up to date and compliant with the latest updates to employment legislation. Staying informed about changes in employment law helps employers proactively manage risks, refine HR practices, and maintain a fair, compliant, and productive workplace. This not only protects the organisation from potential litigation but also enhances its reputation and fosters better employee relations.


It covers the relevant pieces of legislation governing remote working, collective redundancies, pensions, maternity protection and parents leave and key employment law cases and key learnings from these for employers.

 

In this session Yvonne Clarke covers the following topics:

  • Extension of Parents Leave & Parents Benefits as of August 2024
  • The right to request remote working and the right to request flexible working arrangements for caring purposes under the Code of Practice – The Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023
  • Expansion of the Employment Permit System & Employment Permits Bill 2022
  • Collective Redundancies - The Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Act 2024
  • Pensions – Auto Enrolment Update - HR Considerations

 

Other changes coming down the line:

  • The Pay Transparency Directive: What does it mean for Irish employers?
  • Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024
  • General Scheme of the Employment (Restriction of Certain Mandatory Retirement Ages) Bill 2024
  • Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 – Employee Threshold 150+ in 2024
  • Directive (EU) 2022/2941 on Adequate Minimum Wages
  • Implementation of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act in Ireland

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Yvonne Clarke

Yvonne is MCIPD Accredited, with an MSc in HRM Leadership and she is also a Certified Workplace Mediator (The Mediators' Institute of Ireland). Yvonne has a personal and practical approach and is experienced in working collaboratively with clients managing multiple, disparate activities, projects and transformation programmes ensuring people strategies are aligned with Business Strategic direction and Business Needs.

With over 22 years’ experience in all areas of Human Resource Management, she has worked in business areas such as Logistics, Manufacturing / Recycling, Not-For-Profit/Charity, Health and Social Care, Education and Corporate Functions such as Finance, IT, Quality & Corporate Governance and Strategic Planning & Development.