Author : Frances Meenan
Publisher: Round Hall
Publication Date: 2014
ISBN: 9781858004884
Jurisdiction: Ireland

In a clear and engaging manner, Frances Meenan describes employment law in Ireland, covering all statutory aspects of the employer/employee relationship. This is a very popular title, and has quickly become a go to reference on employment law. It is the most comprehensive Irish work on employment law.

Since the first edition of Employment Law in November 2013 there have been many developments in Irish employment law in terms of statute and case law and this text now includes a supplement bringing it up-to-date to the end of 2015.The supplement deals with the developments in employment law since the publication of the 1st edition.

By the end of 2015, there were many legislative developments including the Workplace Relations Act 2015, the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015, the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 and the Employment Permits (Amendment) Act 2014.

Key features:

*Workplace Relations Act 2015 along with the establishment of the Workplace Relations Commission
*The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 and the establishment of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission
*The Protected Disclosures Act 2014
*The Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 which reforms the law on collective bargaining to ensure compliance with the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
*New Codes of Practice

Frances Meenan is a Senior Counsel at the Bar of Ireland. She was educated at University College Dublin, the Law Society of Ireland and the Kings? Inns. She is also an accredited mediator and arbitrator; has lectured widely both in Ireland and Europe on matters of Irish and European law and has published various books in both employment and equality law.