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Find the right HR fit for your business on a full or part-time, fixed or outsourced/insourced solution

method can be extremely useful in covering permanent or interim HR needs such as:

Fill a HR skills gap
Maternity cover
HR Department headcount imbalance
Long-term illness
Extra project pressures
Difficulty finding replacements when someone leaves
Difficulty finding the best-fit recruit
Delays with Garda vetting clearance
Part-time roles that cannot be filled
Solution to stretched HR labour market
Solution to flexible working requests from your current HR team
Solution to an additional HR hire

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HR Buddy 06/12/2023 2:05 pm
Damien McCarthy - Managing Director of HR Buddy Limited
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New year changes for employers to prepare for

The right to request remote working and the right to request flexible working under the Work Life Balance Act require a code of practice. This code of practice is currently under development at the Workplace Relations Commission.

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HR Buddy 06/12/2023 1:57 pm
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HR Buddy

HR advice ahead of workplace Christmas party season!

A Christmas party can be a great team-building opportunity, especially this year when there is an opportunity to meet and socialise without restrictions for the first time in four years. Many may still be working hybrid or remotely, something that was not as common pre-covid. Also, after “normal” Christmas parties taking place were so cruelly taken away from us over the last few years, many are now looking forward to the opportunity this year.

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HR Buddy 13/11/2023 1:34 pm
Damien McCarthy - Managing Director of HR Buddy Limited
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HR Buddy

Are relationships between senior executives and employees allowed in the workplace, or is it frowned upon?

Generally, in Ireland, relationships between colleagues and consensual romantic or sexual relationships between work colleagues is an area that is not covered by employment legislation and an area that is not widely dealt with by many employers or their workplace policies.

However, in recent times, more high-profile organisations globally have had trouble in this area and there is nothing stopping any organisation from implementing their own tailored company policies that deal with protocol for when there would be relationships between work colleagues.

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HR Buddy 13/11/2023 1:20 pm
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Redundancies

If the employer makes a reasonable offer of alternative work, and it is refused, the employee may lose their entitlement to a redundancy payment.

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HR Buddy 14/02/2023 3:28 pm
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Overtime, working hours and pay

The situation regarding overtime should be set out in the employment contract but, generally, an employee being requested to work overtime and refusing may be guilty of misconduct by virtue of refusing a reasonable request of the employer.

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HR Buddy 14/02/2023 3:01 pm
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HR Buddy

Employment contracts and Staff Handbook

Each employee must be given a written statement of their terms and conditions of employment, as per provisions under the Terms of Employment (Information) Acts, within two months of commencing employment.

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HR Buddy 14/02/2023 2:45 pm