The new edition of Employment Law comprises a diverse range of sources which make up this body of law, namely contract, tort, public, constitutional, statute, EU, and case law. The new edition provides an extensive commentary on all aspects of employment law (to include industrial relations law).

New to this Edition:

Workplace Relations Acts 2015 to 2021 and procedures at the WRC post Zalewski v Workplace Relations Commission [2021] IESC 24
Protected Disclosure Acts 2014 and 2022 and recent case law to include Baranya v Rosderra Irish Meats Group Ltd [2021] IESC 77 and Barrett v Commissioner of An Garda Síochána [2022] IEHC 86
The evolving employment relationship: the so-called "gig economy"
Asylum seekers and the right to work: NHV v Minister for Justice and Equality [2017] IESC 35
The contract of employment and public policy: Sobhy v Chief Appeals Officer [2021] IESC 81
Definition of a "fixed-term employee": Health Service Executive v Power [2022] IESC 17
Right to earn a livelihood: White v Bar of Ireland [2016] IECA 363
Payment of wages: the Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Act 2022
Developments in relation to the statutory minimum wage and the "living wage"
Sick Leave Act 2022 and statutory sick pay
Collective agreements: Reid v Health Service Executive [2016] IESC 8
Data protection and the contract of employment
"Privatisation" and the contract of employment
Public procurement and employment
Hours of work: new work arrangements
Industrial relations and the extension of the right to strike
Labour Court recommendations: Mullally v Labour Court [2016] IECA 291
Directive (EU) 2019/1152 on transparent and predictable working conditions in the EU
Pay transparency and the gender pay gap: Commission Recommendation 2014/124/EU on pay transparency, and the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021
Employment equality developments - religious symbols in the workplace - G4S Secure Solutions (C-157/15) and Bougnaoi and Abbh (C-188/15)
Equality - Practice and Procedure - County Louth VEC v Equality Tribunal [2016] IESC 40
Family leave: developments in respect of new forms of family leave, and Directive (EU) 2019/1158 on work-life balance for parents and carers
Bullying and harassment: Ruffley v Board of Management of St Anne's School [2017] 2 I.R. 596

About the Author

Frances Meenan is a Senior Counsel at the Bar of Ireland and has also been called to the Bar of Northern Ireland. She practises in the area of employment law. She has published extensively in the area of employment and industrial relations law. Her previous publications include Employment Law, 1st edn (Round Hall, 2014) and First Supplement to the First Edition (2015); Working within the Law, 1st edn (Oak Tree Press, 1994) and 2nd edn (1999) and many articles published in various legal journals. A graduate of UCD B.Comm., M.B.S., Dip. Arb., the Law Society of Ireland and the King's Inns; she is also an accredited mediator (CEDR).

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Employment Law, 2nd Edition

Employment Law, 2nd Edition