Protecting Personal Data When Working Remotely

  Many companies have had to allow more employees to work remotely from home in order to control and prevent the spread of COVID-19. An employer has the responsibility for ensuring that the following measures are implemented and communicated to their team. • Ensure that you have a Remote Working Policy in place. • Ensure […]

Absence Management – Why it’s important!

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  Absenteeism from work can be a major problem for many businesses. Therefore, it is vitally important that you have an effective Absence Management Policy in place and that it is communicated to all your employees. There are two main types of absences: short term and long term.   Short Term Absences: can have a […]

What is an Effective Performance Management Process?

At Boyd HR we consider our performance management process as a business process intended to ensure alignment of individual objectives with our strategic and business goals. This alignment provides everyone in the Team with a greater sense of direction on where the business is going, and helps to clarify how everyone’s efforts can and will […]

Statutory Sick Pay Scheme to be Introduced

Statutory Sick Pay

The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD, this week announced details to introduce legislation that would give all workers the right to paid sick leave. The Government’s statutory sick-pay scheme will be phased in over a four-year period, starting with three days per year in 2022, rising to five days […]

Workplace Relations Commission 2020 Annual Report

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The Workplace Relations Commission (2020) have just released their 2020 Annual Report. The Inspection and Enforcement services undertakes inspection of employment records to ensure employer compliance with employment law in the state.  The process involves but is not confined to examining an employer’s employment related books and records and conducting both employer and employee interviews. […]

The Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2021

  Parents will now receive 5 weeks ‘Parents Leave’ on the birth of their child. As of 1st April 2021, The Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2021 was enacted. New provisions under the Act include: An additional three weeks of paid Parents’ Leave and Benefit to each parent to be taken in the first […]

Right to Disconnect

  From today, employees will have the right to ‘disconnect’ from work, outside of their normal working hours. The government has published a new Code of Practice which will safeguard work-life balance by allowing employees to ‘switch off’ from their jobs outside of their normal working hours. The new code of practice includes:   The […]

Discrimination, Harassment, Equality

    The Equal Status Acts 2000 -2015 prohibits discrimination in the provision of goods and services on the 10 protected grounds of: Gender Marital Status Family Status Age Disability Sexual Orientation Race Religion Membership of the Traveller Community Receipt of housing assistance in the context of the provision of accommodation.   One of the […]

Mental Health in the Workplace

The term mental health is almost always associated with sub-optimum mental health rather than good mental health. In contrast, the term physical health is usually associated with being either neutral or positive.   But we all have mental health.  Just like our physical health, our mental health can fluctuate on a spectrum from good to […]

Alternatives to Redundancy

  We would always advise our clients that redundancies should be a last resort and explain to them the importance of considering all possible alternatives to redundancy that might better suit the needs of their business. The following alternatives are what any business should consider prior to making the decision to make an employee redundant. […]