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Contract of Employment
• Formation of Employment Contracts, including express and implied terms.
• Employees or Independent Contractors
• Statutory Requirements – Written Statement of Terms and Conditions of Employment
• Key Clauses in the Contract of Employment
• Variation of Contract
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Fixed Term and Part-Time Employment
• Zero Hours contracts
• Agency Workers
• Fixed Term Contracts and protection of fixed-term workers
• Protection of Part Time Workers
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Terms and Conditions of Employment
• Leave: Annual Leave, Public Holidays and Jury Service
• Protected Leave
• Payment of Wages
• Organization of Working Time
• Collective Bargaining, collective agreements
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Equality
• Employer Policies
• Discrimination
• Indirect discrimination
• Equal Pay
• Sexual Harassment
• Non-Sexual harassment
• Vicarious Liability
• Positive Action
• Exceptions
• Irish Human Rights & Equality Commission, WRC
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Health & Safety in the Workplace
• Common Law Duties of Employers and Employees
• The Legislative Framework
• Statutory duties of employers
• General Duties of Employees
• Safety Statement
• Safety Representative
• The General Application Regulations
• Accident Notification
• Bullying and Stress in the Workplace
• Health & Safety Policies
• Claims for personal Injury and Time Limits
• Court Practice and Procedure
• The Health & Safety Authority
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Termination of Employment
• Notice
• Summary Dismissal
• Wrongful Dismissal
• Constructive Dismissal
• Unfair Dismissal
• Fair Dismissals
• Redundancy
• Collective Redundancies
• Employer Insolvency
• Dismissal Policies
• Workplace Relations Commission
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Transfer of Undertakings
• Interpreting Directive and Regulation
• Economic Entity
• Economic/ Technical /Organisational Defence
• Automatic Transfer of Rights and Liabilities
• Pensions
• Due diligence
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Data Protection and Protected Disclosures
• Key definitions including the relationship between controllers and processors.
• Principles of data protection (including legal basis for procesing personal data) and how they apply in a HR context
• Data Subject Rights and data breaches.
• Rights and protections of employees in relation to protected disclosures
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Module Resources
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Recommended Book Resources |
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Neville Cox, Val Corbett, Desmond Ryan. (2009), Employment Law in Ireland, Clarus Press.
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Maeve Regan & Others. (2017), Employment Law, 2. Tottel, p.1592, [ISBN: 97818476637].
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Dr Brendan Daly & Dr Michael Doherty. (2010), Principals of Irish Employment Law, Clarus.
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Jane Moffat. (2011), Employment Law (3rd Edition), Oxford University Press.
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Alastair Purdy. (2015), Equality law in the Workplace, Bloomsbury Prof..
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Pauline Walley, Cliona Kimber. (2016), Cyber Law & Employment, Roundhall.
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Supplementary Book Resources |
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Eugene Houston B.L.. (2011), Transfer of Undertakings in Ireland: Employment Rights, Tottel.
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Alastair Purdy. (2011), Termination of Employment; A Practical Guide for Employers (2nd Edition), Tottel.
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Gavin Barrett. (2011), The Law of Dismissal on Economic Grounds, Round Hall.
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Michael Forde & Anthony Paul Byrne. (2009), Employment Law ( 3rd Edition), Round Hall.
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Joseph Kinsella. (2012), Safety Health & Welfare at Work, Gill and Macmillan.
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Geoffrey Shannon. (2007), Health & Safety Law and Practice, Round Hall.
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Frances Meenan. (2011), Employment Law, Round Hall.
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Dorothy Donovan. Employment Law, [ISBN: 9781858007199].
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Recommended Article/Paper Resources |
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Irish Employment Law Journal(Westlaw).
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Other Resources |
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www.irishstatutebook.ie/.
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www.oireachtas.ie/.
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www.courts.ie/.
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www.workplacerelations.ie.
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www.ihrec.ie.
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www.hsa.ie/.
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www.lrc.ie/.
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www.labourcourt.ie/.
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www.irn.ie/.
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