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Work
What is ‘fractional employment’ and how can it offer late-career opportunities for executives?
The approach allows businesses to gain specialised skills and knowledge, and avoid pitfalls, for a fraction of the price of full-time staff. What’s in it for employees?
Workers at Meta subcontractor Covalen to strike for two days
Staff, who review material on social media networks for safety, seek union recognition, better redundancy terms
Romanian workers on Intel site let go days after work stoppage in ‘calamitous’ racism row
Company tells WRC that redundancies were genuine and the result of a downturn in work
Almost one in five people expect to be forced to work until age 70
Women are more likely than men to say they never want to fully retire, with 15% expressing this view compared with 10% of men
What does the future workspace look like? It depends where you sit
Variety offered by neurodiversity-friendly design can offer choice and control for all staff
Deadline looms for Revenue clampdown on bogus self-employment
After January 30th, companies playing fast and loose with employment status can expect to feel the full weight of Revenue powers
Aer Lingus facing more industrial action over plans to shut Manchester base
Carrier employs about 200 people providing transatlantic flights from Manchester, including almost 130 cabin crew
DocuSign reports $118m profit swing in Dublin unit on back of 54% jump in revenues
Irish unit of US electronic signature software company back in the black after restructuring that saw almost 50 people leave business
Number of work permits issued last year drops by almost a quarter
Amazon, Accenture, EY and Google seek largest numbers of permits and Indian citizens were in receipt of almost a third of the total issued
Remote working: ‘I will overdeliver because I know this is a privilege’
Many employees say they have found a better work-life balance with remote and hybrid working
Insomnia: My tried and tested productivity hack for 2026
Welcome to the 3am club, where we learn to stop worrying and embrace some extra time
Workplace fatalities rise dramatically, driven by deaths in agriculture
Increase comes despite campaigns by Health and Safety Authority as well as farm organisations
Union members at Dublin tech firm to strike over redundancy proposals for 420 staff
Senior CWU figure said workers seek urgent clarity on payment packages
If you earn more than €20,000 you will now have to pay into a pension scheme
Auto-enrolment is designed to provide better retirement income for around 760,000 workers who are not members of occupational schemes
Pharmacist awarded €20,000 after being excluded from promotion due to working part-time
HSE ordered to review its minimum criteria for applications for the role
Team leader who was made redundant at Irish branch of TikTok loses unfair dismissal claim
Adjudicator judged selection process to be ‘impartial’
Minimum wage to rise to €14.15 and auto-enrolment pension scheme to begin on January 1st
Auto-enrolment scheme automatically applies to those aged 23-60 earning more than €20,000 a year
Is Ozempic shaping the workplace?
Offering staff weight-loss drugs can improve productivity and reduce time lost to sickness
Calleary blocks employers looking to sidestep pension auto-enrolment for their workers
Minister for Social Protection sets minimum contribution for occupational pension schemes to counter perceived abuse of scheme loophole
Two thirds of businesses found it difficult to source staff this year
Report highlights ‘sustained pressure’ as Ireland moves into 2026, pointing to rising employment costs
From maternity leave queries to work from home policies: Submit your work-related questions here
Experts in HR, employment law, career progression and personal finance offer their view on your work queries
An Irish man in Paris: ‘When you live here it feels like no more your city: a mistress but never a partner’
Wild Geese: Patrick Scallon, Paris
Foreign direct investment into Ireland hits record level despite US tariffs, says IDA
Agency says it supported 323 investments in 2025, with employment in its client companies rising to 312,400
Are you busy as a bee or a busy fool?
Take time to reflect on what real success looks like and whether you’re measuring the right things
Small company rescue applications down 23% in 2025, but ‘headwinds’ loom in 2026
Pension auto-enrolment and minimum wage increases will heighten ‘financial distress’ early next year, says Azets Ireland
Accountant cut after nearly 18 years was ‘laughed at’ when she asked about redundancy payment, WRC hears
Employee had worked for bingo hall operator for nearly 18 years
Businesses operating in economy rises above 400,000 for first time
CSO figures show number of active enterprises in Republic rose by 3% to 401,359 in 2023
What to wear for a flight? It makes sense to look smart
But not because of anything to do with the US transport secretary’s campaign to civilise air travel
What happens when an AI joins the board of directors?
Are such things a gimmick or an indispensable tool for company strategy and decision-making?
Veteran Irish executive says finding out she was being demoted in company newsletter was ‘pretty stressful’
WRC hears veteran executive was unfairly dismissed from €275,000 job at arm of multinational group Lionbridge
Manners maketh the colleague: be polite, it is much better for all of us
Rude colleagues hurt themselves as much as those condemned to work with them
Tesco to face €3.5m bill for staff signing up to auto-enrolment pension
Roughly one third of staff will join My Future Fund, another third fall outside parameters and final group are with in-house scheme
Live register total falls as labour market remains strong
While register is not an accurate measure of unemployment, it does track employment trends
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