Many employees believe that if they have outstanding expenses that haven't been paid that they can bring a claim to the Workplace Relations Commission under the Payment of Wages Act 1991 (as amended). This is incorrect. The Payment of Wages Act 1991 specifcally states that expenses are not included in [...]
The Workplace Relations Commission have published a very useful guide to employment and equality law for employers and employees who may wish to understand their obligations and rights. A copy of the link can be found here https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/publications_forms/guide_to_employment_labour_and_equality_law_18.pdf
The Government has recently published the Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018. The purpose of the Bill according to the draft is to declare the relationship between employer and employee to be a status relationship, to declare the question whether an individual is an employee or [...]
In the case of Mc Kayed v Forbidden City Limited t/a translations.ie [2016 IEHC 722] the issue arose as to whether or not the plaintiff was an employee of the defendant in the context of a potential claim under the Unfair Dismissal Acts 1977 (as amended). The judgement of Ms [...]