Specialty Group: Employment and Labor Law

By Professor Andrew Stewart, Legal Consultant and Shauna Roeger, Law Clerk It is generally accepted that where a contract of employment has no agreed duration and makes no provision for termination, the common law will ...

The Draft Law on Labor Courts (“Draft Law”) was submitted for the opinion of the relevant entities on 23.03.2016[1]. The Draft Law provides the principles for mandatory mediations, in addition to the procedures for t ...

The Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (the Act) introduces paternity leave in Ireland for new fathers and other "relevant" parents. Up to now, Ireland was one of only a few European countries that did not provide for ...

By Dayna M. Steinfeld The general rule in employment law is that employees can be terminated from employment without reason or cause, so long as employers provide proper notice of termination, or pay in lieu of notice. ...