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Newsletter March, 2024

USA: Whistleblower Retaliation

March, 2024
  • On 8 February 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court decided on whistleblower protections under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 
  • The case clarifies the standards for proving retaliation against whistleblowers in publicly traded companies.
  • The Supreme Court clarified that whistleblowers are required to show that their protected activity contributed to the adverse employment action without the need to demonstrate retaliatory intent on the employer's part. 
Newsletter November, 2023

Ireland: Decision on sick leave benefits

November, 2023
  • On 25 September 2023, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) rejected an employee claim, stating that employers who offer employees more favourable sick leave benefits are not obliged to pay statutory sick leave.
  • It is the first decision rendered on the issue after the Sick Leave Act 2022 (the Act) which came into force on 1 January 2023.
Newsletter May, 2023

Ireland: the dismissal for failing to pay for products from the employer's store is fair

May, 2023
  • On 17 March 2023, the Irish Labour Court overturned a €7,500 award to a former Aldi employee dismissed for gross misconduct, as he had taken products without paying for them from the employer's store on seven different dates from 25 November 2020 to 14 January 2021.
Newsletter April, 2023

Tesco introduced five days of paid leave for those suffering from, or at risk of, domestic violence

April, 2023
  • On 6 March 2023, Tesco Ireland announced it to provide five days of paid leave for its employee suffering domestic abuse.  
  • This important update to its current Time Off Policy will apply to its 13,000 employees.  
Newsletter January, 2023

Ireland: Report on the integration of ESG metrics into compensation plans

January, 2023
  • In 2021, the Institute of Directors (IoD) in Ireland and the Diligent Institute conducted the first research to understand how boards address environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues and integrate ESG-related risks and opportunities into their strategies.
  • In 2022 followed, a second research initiative, described in the 2022 report launched last November, covers the importance of ESG, including board oversight and structure, strategy, risk, and boardroom practices, skills, and EU legislation.
Newsletter June, 2022

Ireland: gender pay gap reporting regulations published

June, 2022
Newsletter April, 2022

Ireland: the Government published a report on the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in discrimination and sexual harassment disputes

April, 2022
Newsletter March, 2022

European Commission takes action on the transposition of the Whistleblower Protection Directive

March, 2022
  • Most of European Member States failed to transpose the EU Whistleblowing Directive within the established deadline of December 2021.
  • European Commission already sent a formal notice to 24 Members for the lack of transposition and to Sweden and Portugal for their delay in the application.

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