Employment Law with 1st Supplement

Matters of employment regulation are crucial to the survival not only of an economy, but society. This major new text covers the broad sweep of employment law including key decisions of Irish adjudicating bodies such as the Labour Court, the Employment Appeals Tribunal and the Equality Tribunal as well as the High and Supreme Courts of Ireland and the Court of Justice of the European Communities.

In a clear and engaging manner, Meenan describes employment law in the Republic of Ireland, covering all statutory aspects of the employer/employee relationship.

New to this Edition:

• Consideration of developments in the definition of a worker which is critical in the context of EU law, across all directives including transfer of undertakings and equality.
• Contracts of indefinite duration..
• Statutes arising from Irelands unprecedented financial crisis.
• Current and future legislation on Protected Disclosure.
• The Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2012
• The proposed Workplace Relations Bill.
• Pre-employment matters such as vetting.
• Human rights issues in respect of collective bargaining.
• Protection of employees in the event of employer insolvency including pensions.
• Springboard injunctions.