About Ireland - Employment
Lexis+® Ireland covers the full cycle of the employment relationship, from starting employment and managing workplace rights to handling grievances and termination. Resources include templates for flexible and remote working requests, practice notes on parental leave and other protected rights, and insights into the Workplace Relations Commission.
Starting employment
We offer a suite of precedents including an employee offer letter, employment contract and a comprehensive set of ready-made policy documents (including policies on parental leave, generative AI, hybrid working, harassment and bullying and social media).
Protected rights in employment
We provide practice notes giving guidance on protected rights in employment such as parental leave, flexible working and precedent employer letter’s responding to requests.
Workplace Relations Commission
Guidance on the functions of the Workplace Relations Commission and on key procedural issues and practical considerations involved in the complaints process.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Our practice notes explore equality law and protection against discrimination in Ireland and topical issues such as the gender pay gap.
Topics We Cover
Latest Ireland - Employment News
Ireland—Employment analysis: This article was written by A&L Goodbody’s Pensions Team. It examines the gender pension gap and the measures employers...
Ireland—Employment analysis: This article was written by A&L Goodbody’s Employment team. It examines the Labour Court's first decision on the Work...
Ireland–Employment analysis: This article, was written by Daniel Watters of Arthur Cox and considers the pensions implications of the Employment...
Ireland-Employment analysis: This article was written by A&L Goodbody’s Employment Team. It provides an update on Directive (EU) 2023/970, the EU Pay...
Ireland-Employment analysis: This article was written by A&L Goodbody’s Pensions Team. The Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 (the Digital Operational...
Latest Ireland - Employment Practice Notes
Overview of the tax treatment of benefits and perquisitesDefinitions and distinctionBenefits and perquisites (perks) provided by employers to...
Irish employment law has statutory frameworks in place to regulate part-time work and zero-hour arrangements, reflecting the need to balance employer...
STOP PRESS: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 as regards the...
This Practice Note examines Directive (EU) 2023/970 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 (EU Pay Transparency Directive) which...
What is BYOD?Bring your own device (BYOD) refers to arrangements where an organisation allows employees to connect to its corporate IT network using...
Latest Ireland - Employment Precedents
This Precedent is a sample clause setting out details regarding a probationary period (also known as a probation period or trial period), to be...
This Precedent is a basic-form written statement of the particulars of employment for an employee, containing the particulars required to be given...
This Precedent is a pro forma grievance policy and procedure for an employer to include in a staff handbook. The procedure complies with the...
This Precedent is an internal-facing policy for an employer’s use in relation to employees, other workers and contractors, dealing with the use and...
This Precedent is a basic, short form, internal-facing policy for an employer’s use in relation to employees, other workers and contractors, dealing...
Featured Ireland - Employment content
Ireland—TUPE—Information and consultation
Ireland—TUPE—Information and consultationThis Practice Note explains the obligations and procedures regarding information and consultation arising...
Ireland—Making a complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC)
Ireland—Making a complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC)This Practice Note sets out the background to the establishment of the Workplace...
Ireland—Employment—Letter—Employee Offer Letter
Ireland—Employment—Letter—Employee Offer LetterGeneralThis Precedent is a sample initial employee offer letter outlining only the basic terms upon...
Ireland—Employment horizon scanner 2025
Ireland—Employment horizon scanner 2025This employment horizon scanner tracks the progress of Irish legislation (including Bills in progress, Acts in...
Ireland—Employment tax implications of a TUPE transfer
Ireland—Employment tax implications of a TUPE transferWhen employees are transferred along with the business in which they work pursuant to SI No...
Ireland—Artificial intelligence in the workplace
Ireland—Artificial intelligence in the workplaceArtificial intelligence (AI) is being used and being considered for use throughout the employment...
Ireland—Remote working arrangements
Ireland—Remote working arrangementsBackgroundThis Practice Note examines the legal and practical issues for employers to consider in relation to...
Ireland—Policy—internet, email and communications
GeneralThis Precedent is an internal-facing policy for an employer’s use in relation to employees, other workers and contractors, dealing with the use...
Ireland—Grievance policy and procedure (short form)
Ireland—Grievance policy and procedure (short form)This Precedent is a short-form, basic pro forma grievance policy and procedure for an employer to...
Ireland—Policy—information security
Ireland—Policy—information securityGeneralThis Precedent is a general information security policy, or data security policy, for Irish companies that...
Ireland—Deductions from wages
Ireland—Deductions from wagesIntroductionThis Precedent can be used where an employer wishes to make a deduction from an employee’s wages. The...
Ireland—Policy—social media
Ireland—Policy—social mediaThis Precedent is a social media policy for an employer to use in relation to employees and other workers, dealing with...
Ireland—Employment contract basic version
GeneralThis Precedent is a basic contract of employment....Ireland—Employment contract basic versionContract of employment dated [insert...
Ireland—Grievance policy and procedure
Ireland—Grievance policy and procedureThis Precedent is a pro forma grievance policy and procedure for an employer to include in a staff handbook. The...
Ireland—Policy—data protection (staff facing)
Ireland—Policy—data protection (staff facing)GeneralThis Precedent is an internal-facing data protection policy for use in relation to employees, or...
Ireland—Letter—request to employee to attend grievance meeting
This Precedent is a sample letter, requesting an employee to attend a meeting to discuss a grievance raised by the employee.It takes into account the...
Ireland—Policy—hybrid working
This Precedent is a sample workplace policy for an employer to issue as a stand-alone policy or include in an employee handbook, setting out the...
Ireland—Policy—Parental Leave
Ireland—Policy—Parental LeaveThis Precedent is a sample parental leave policy for inclusion in a staff handbook or use as a stand-alone policy.The...
Associated legal terms
Forward Plan
A document required to be prepared by the council's executive leader or equivalent containing details of all matters likely to be the subject of key decisions in the relevant authority for the next four months (see Regulation 13 of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000/3272).
Independent executive
A board of directors is an independent executive when its members are aware that the property it is asked to buy is the promoter's property and that they are competent and intelligent as to whether the transaction ought to proceed to completion, and that they are capable of exercising intelligent, independent and impartial judgment on the transaction.
Megabyte
A measurement of electronic information also referred to as Mb. 1 megabyte = 1,024 Kilobytes
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