An Audience with RDJ (May 2021) Discussion Around the WRC Adjudication Service, Redundancy & Face Masks

05/25/21 • 53 min

Irish HR and Employment Law Developments

In this podcast, Antoinette Vahey, Partner with RDJ discusses the following with Scott Alexander:

WRC Adjudication Service – following the recent Supreme Court case of Zalewski -v- Adjudication Office & ors [2021] IESC 24 the WRC has made a number of changes to the operation of its Adjudication Service. The impact of these changes for cases in the system and those going forward and how the WRC are likely to approach them will be reviewed.
Redundancy/Collective redundancy – the inevitable removal of Government supports is likely to lead to an increase in the number of job losses as a result of redundancy. This webinar will address issues such as consultation; redundancy while on lay-off; impact of closure of premises and relocations; impact of remote working, etc.
Employees refusing to wearing face masks – giving rise to issues in the workplace and also under the Equal Status Act due to refused entry to services.

In this podcast, Antoinette Vahey, Partner with RDJ discusses the following with Scott Alexander:

WRC Adjudication Service – following the recent Supreme Court case of Zalewski -v- Adjudication Office & ors [2021] IESC 24 the WRC has made a number of changes to the operation of its Adjudication Service. The impact of these changes for cases in the system and those going forward and how the WRC are likely to approach them will be reviewed.
Redundancy/Collective redundancy – the inevitable removal of Government supports is likely to lead to an increase in the number of job losses as a result of redundancy. This webinar will address issues such as consultation; redundancy while on lay-off; impact of closure of premises and relocations; impact of remote working, etc.
Employees refusing to wearing face masks – giving rise to issues in the workplace and also under the Equal Status Act due to refused entry to services.

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