A former director who oversaw research at the Mayo Clinic accuses the healthcare system of retaliation after she raised the alarm about “fundamental lapses” in evaluating AI tools for patient care ...

At a Glance A recent decision shows that Germany’s special protection against dismissal for family care leave is not without limits. If an employee seeks to take such leave immediately after a wor...

What is the statutory right to be accompanied to meetings? In a recent decision, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has considered the statutory right to be accompanied to disciplinary and griev...

New Zealand has approved a major overhaul of its employment leave laws after the Employment Leave Bill passed its third and final reading in Parliament, introducing a simpler system for calculatin...

A couple of years ago I read a quite serious piece on whether it was sensible or necessary to say please and thank you when interacting with AI platforms. This was not because Skynet might be a li...

Twelve Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) adjudication officers have launched High Court proceedings against the State over the failure to implement a pay award. The civil servants are taking le...

At a glance A draft bill approved by the Council of Ministers on 28 July would introduce specific employment-law protections for workers who report legal breaches or corruption. Discrimination...

For many UK recruitment agencies, expanding into Ireland feels like a natural next step. The markets are geographically close, many clients operate across both regions, and contractor demand conti...

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A major change to how leave is calculated in workplaces has become law. The Employment Leave Bill passed its third and final reading in Parliament on Wednesday evening. The legislation repeals the...