Author: Lisa Quinn O'Flaherty (Page 1 of 10)

Diversity in the workplace means that there is a wide variety of individuals at every level in the company, and those individuals have differing lived experiences. They are of different genders, ages, sexualities, abilities, races, colours, nationalities, religious beliefs, family situations, socio-economic background, cultures, and professional and educational backgrounds.

Directive (EU) 2019/1023 was transposed in Irish law on 29^th July 2022 by the SI No. 380 of 2022 European Union (Preventive Restructuring) Regulations 2022. The Regulations provide for added protections for companies struggling with solvency and for creditors of such companies. The objective of the directive is to harmonise and simplify restructuring and insolvency measures throughout the EU.

Some confusion can arise when businesses are implementing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policies, also known as an EDI Policy or a Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) Policy. The terms equality, diversity and inclusion while overlapping mean very different things.

Until now employers were not obliged to pay employees for absences for sickness, unless they had provided for such in the contract of employment. Many employers currently pay the first three days of sick leave, as most employees are entitled to social welfare payments beginning after the first three days of illness.

The Sick Leave Bill 2022 has been passed by government, and will commence shortly. It obliges employers to pay their employees when they are absent due to illness. The bill requires that a where a sick employee has thirteen weeks service, the employer must pay 70% of his or her daily pay up to a maximum of €110 per day.

An Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA) is a document made by any person with full mental capacity directing who should look after their affairs if they should lose decision-making capacity at any point in the future. This action is available to everyone to allow us to plan for our own futures.