Show Notes
Episode 22 - Top Five Employment Law Trends for 2017
In the latest episode of the Matheson Employment Law Podcast Series, Bryan Dunne and Niall Pelly look at their predictions for the top five employment law trends for 2017. These five trends include: continued changes to how employers apply suspension and run suspension meetings post Reilly v BOI; a substantial increase in the level of whistleblowing claims; a further rise in the level of trade union activity and number of recognition campaigns in the private sector; a continued rise in the number of dismissals leading to High Court injunction proceedings; and broader use of no fault terminations to manage the risk of employment injunctions. The review also considers some observations on running hearings before the Workplace Relations Commission and workplace audits from the Commission’s inspectors.
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