Three Employment Queries Answers
Background information on applicants Are there any restrictions or prohibitions against background checks on applicants? Does it make a difference if an employer conducts its own checks or hires a third party? Under the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016, an adult will not have to disclose his or her conviction in […]
EY Submission On Legal Costs
Last week’s submission by the Law Society and the Bar Council of an EY paper to the Department of Justice and Indecon offers the opinion that “there should be greater visibility and transparency for consumers in terms of the cost of litigation.” Do you or your members have any specific opinions or experience of this […]
CCTV – Be Very Careful How You Use It
The Court of Appeal delivered what is expected to be the final adjudication on what appeared, at first instance, to be a relatively minor disciplinary infringement infraction regarding the upbraiding of an employee for taking unauthorised breaks over 3 separate periods in his place of employment (a hospice). Management had been advised in 2015 by […]
CSNA Skillnet Retail Security Course Dublin
CSNA Skillnet propose delivering the following Retail Security tailored course to CSNA members in order to improve personal safety and reduce loss in the retail environment. Programme Overview: Attendance on this course will result in the employee being able to: Understand civil and criminal law relating to retail security operations, including right to refuse service, trespass, use […]
Display Of Prices For Goods And Services
In Ireland while there are no controls on prices, there is legislation the way prices of products and services are displayed to consumers. These laws consist of the EC (Requirements to Indicate Product Prices) Regulations 2002 and Orders made under the Prices Act 1958 to 1972 and the Consumer Protection Act 2007 (pdf). The legislation […]
