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Paying people to turn up to work could sent unintended signals. Illustration: Getty 4:41 Bonuses are outdated in the age of knowledge work
  • Pilita Clark
  • May 16, 2022

Research suggests bonuses have little obvious positive effect on worker performance

An early-stage embryo. Photograph: Newcastle University 4:27 Is fertility a topic for the workplace?
  • Work
  • Emma Jacobs
  • February 28, 2022

All the policies supporting motherhood will fail if the corporate culture is hostile

There are no grounds for enquiries about the vaccination status of staff, an employment law expert has said Employees could face sack for refusing to work with unvaccinated
  • Work
  • Colin Gleeson
  • February 25, 2022

No reason needed to refuse staff to work from home, employment law expert tells seminar

More employers offering remote and hybrid working options
  • Work
  • Ciara O'Brien
  • February 25, 2022

Hiring in Irish labour market recovering with flexible working more common

Knocklyon native Matthew Baston: ‘People like to work hard and play hard here and the city caters for that.’ ‘Life is good here and we’re not going anywhere’
  • Work
  • Barbara McCarthy
  • February 25, 2022

Wild Geese: Dubliner misses the Aviva on match day but is content with Toronto’s offering

Éimhín O’Driscoll, managing partner, Fastnet Executive Search: ‘This is an opportune time to be brave, innovative, and creative in defining our future way of working’ Recruitment in life sciences sector widens search
  • Work
  • Olive Keogh
  • February 25, 2022

Move towards valuing adaptable skills and culture fit over industry-specific experience

Limits to remote working bill and employers’ ignoring of right to disconnect code has prompted observation that Government policy is ‘all a bit of a non-event’. Photograph: iStock Employers shun right to disconnect policies and law on remote workplace safety
  • Work
  • Laura Slattery
  • February 23, 2022

Half say they will be ‘partially flexible’ on working from home, finds law firm survey

Coworker.org has compiled a database of more than 550 products involved in the ‘algorithmic management’ of the workplace. Many companies are in danger of believing computers over humans. Photograph: iStock Never mind Big Tech, ‘little tech’ is a danger for workers too
  • Work
  • Sarah O'Connor
  • February 23, 2022

Sarah O’Connor: ‘Algorithmic management’ has damaging effect on employees’ lives

Third spaces  seem to fit neatly into how hybrid work is evolving and shaping the new office landscape in major cities. Photograph: iStock Hybrid working enters a new dimension: the third space
  • Work
  • Janina Conboye
  • February 21, 2022

Firms may include independent work spaces as part of benefits packages to retain staff

Mark Costello: ‘The misconception somehow is that if you stop fishing, you are reducing fish catch, but actually the population gets bigger and you have a much more stable catch afterwards.’ ‘There could be far more fish in the sea if we just stopped fishing so hard’
  • Work
  • Joanne Hunt
  • February 18, 2022

Wild Geese: Norway-based marine ecologist Mark Costello says the West is slow to appreciate the need for sustainability

How can managers make employees learn to love the threat of takeover?  Photograph: iStock Helping staff survive the trauma of a takeover threat
  • Work
  • Andrew Hill
  • February 18, 2022

Three steps managers can take to bring staff through periods of great uncertainty

Japanese MBA student Akane Kagawa at UCD Bowl in Belfield. Photograph: Patrick Bolger Dublin MBA a winner for Japanese rugby administrator
  • Work
  • Patricia Nilsson
  • February 18, 2022

Akane Kagawa’s passion took her to UCD and a degree she will use to promote the game in Japan

Companies that want to ‘win’ on candidate experience need to follow a few simple rules, such as offering speedy initial interviews and giving quick and thoughtful feedback. Photograph: iStock 5:28 Remote work a key jobseeker demand as firms scrap over talent
  • Work
  • Olive Keogh
  • February 18, 2022

Irish candidates are being selective, and firms need to improve recruitment processes

Mason Hayes & Curran didn’t defend the unfair dismissal action taken by Ronan Dunne and accepted that the dismissal was procedurally unfair. Photograph: Alan Betson Mason Hayes & Curran ordered to pay €17,150 in unfair dismissal case
  • Retail & Services
  • Gordon Deegan
  • February 17, 2022

Legal firm accepts dismissal of funds solicitor was procedurally unfair

Ireland must process 10,000 work visas over the next nine months if businesses in the tourism sector are not to face closure, Excel Recruitment warns. Work visa crisis may choke hospitality recovery, recruiter claims
  • Transport & Tourism
  • Dominic Coyle
  • February 16, 2022

Agency says firms face closure if State cannot deliver 10,000 visas over next nine months

An OECD survey of German employers who have hired asylum seekers and refugees found that more than 80 per cent were broadly or fully satisfied with their work Allowing asylum seekers to work could help UK labour shortage
  • Work
  • Sarah O'Connor
  • February 15, 2022

Number of people waiting for decision on their applications rises to more than 80,000

The pension scheme’s proceedings against Mercer were for alleged breach of contract, breach of duty and negligence. Dispute over alleged €8.3m loss to pilots’ pension fund settled
  • Work
  • February 15, 2022

Scheme had brought court proceedings against investment administrator over debit

Damien English: he said   10,500 work permit applications were waiting to be processed at the end of January. Photograph: Fran Veale Staffing increased to deal with backlog of work permit applications
  • Work
  • Gordon Deegan
  • February 14, 2022

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment was dealing with 10,500 applications at the end of January

A generic email was cited as the leading approach that would put prospective candidates off a new job. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA Wire Big number of Irish staff threaten to leave jobs over lack of face time
  • Work
  • Colin Gleeson
  • February 14, 2022

New survey suggests a correlation between fall in output and morale for professionals

A reduced meeting culture could result in more productive – and livelier – work days. Photograph: iStock How to deal with meetings overload: cancel a lot of them
  • Work
  • Emma Jacobs
  • February 14, 2022

Employees cannot be blamed for wondering whether all the meetings they have to attend are necessary

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‘People have lost the desire and the skill to connect, not least because they’re exhausted by what they’ve been through.’ Photograph: iStock 5:17 Testing times in the workplace as post-pandemic priorities clash
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