Comparative Employment Law Table: Northern Ireland, Ireland and Great Britain

Posted in: Comparative Employment Law Table on 17/09/2024 The Lewis Silkin and Legal Island Comparative Employment Law Table outlines the key differences between GB, NI and ROI employment laws as of 17th September 2024. The purpose of this re-vamped table is to provide a handy reference guide to the key similarities and differences across the 3 jurisdict...

Equality Law GB NI – Similarities and Differences

Posted in: Comparative Employment Law Table on 03/04/2023 As you know we’ve been campaigning hard here at Legal Island for a new Single Equality Act in Northern Ireland to bring current equality laws into one place whilst updating them too to match the position in GB. The employment law team at Lewis Silkin has kindly produced for us a table setting out t...

Comparative Law Table Webinar - Sick Leave Legislation

Posted in: Comparative Employment Law Table on 23/09/2022 This webinar is part of the Comparative Law series with Lewis Silkin and addresses the recently introduced sick leave legislation in Ireland, which provides employees, for the first time, with a legal right to sick leave paid by their employer. Legal Island webinars are sponsored by MCS Group - m...

Comparative Employment Law Update: Equality laws - fit for purpose or ripe for reform?

Posted in: Comparative Employment Law Table on 23/06/2022 In the second installment of a series of webinars discussing comparative laws on the island of Ireland and GB, Lewis Silkin and Legal Island will discuss equality laws in GB, NI and ROI including: An analysis of the types of discrimination claims across GB, NI and ROI – what are the trends or sim...

Comparative Employment Law Update March 2022 [Webinar]

Posted in: Comparative Employment Law Table on 24/03/2022 Our Comparative Employment Law Table has been updated and expanded to include recent Republic of Ireland developments (of which there are many). In this webinar, Ciara Fulton and Síobhra Rush of Lewis Silkin joined Legal Island's Rolanda Markey to take a deep dive into the Table and discuss new way...

Comparative Employment Law Table: GB and NI November 2021

Posted in: Comparative Employment Law Table on 18/11/2021 This comparative employment law table outlines the key differences between GB and NI as at 10th November 2021. The purpose of this Table is to provide a handy reference guide, complete with links to relevant legislation and other documents in the hope that this will assist you to understand and de...

Employment Tribunal Procedures Comparison: NI, ROI and GB

Posted in: Comparative Employment Law Table on 20/08/2018 In this podcast our experts outline the tribunal/adjudication processes in Northern Ireland, Ireland and GB, highlighting the key differences and the avenues for appeal. Keywords: Tribunal Practice and Procedures; Costs; Early Conciliation; LRA; Acas; Workplace Relations Act 2015; Labour Court The ...

National Minimum Wage Comparison: NI, ROI and GB

Posted in: Comparative Employment Law Table on 20/08/2018 In this podcast our experts explain that, in the UK, the national minimum wage is revised every year based on that Low Pay Commissions' recommendation and announced in April. In Ireland, the national minimum wage has always been a good bit higher. Similarly, the Low Pay Commission makes a recommend...

Zero-hour Contracts Comparison: NI, ROI and GB

Posted in: Comparative Employment Law Table on 20/08/2018 In this podcast our experts discuss significant developments relating to zero-hours contracts and the status of individuals in Northern Ireland, GB and Ireland. Zero-hours contracts are useful where the work demands are irregular or there's not a constant demand for staff. It can provide a level of...

Working Time Rights Comparison: NI, ROI and GB

Posted in: Comparative Employment Law Table on 20/08/2018 This podcast discusses developments in relation to working time, most of which are driven by case law. The vast majority of developments in working time have been fact-sensitive cases, mostly to do with the notion of holiday pay as opposed to issues of rest, which the legislation was designed to ad...