It's time to review all "Dignity at Work" policies and introduce updated "Anti-Bullying" policies to comply with the recently published "Code of Practice for Employers and Employees on the Prevention and Resolution of Bullying at Work" ("the Code"). The Code repeals the previous Health and Safety Authority (HSA) and Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Codes of Practice and introduces new procedures for the management of workplace bullying.
Eamon Harrington: The rise in mediation and remote mediations during Covid-19 restrictions
Eamon Harrington, dispute resolution partner at Comyn Kelleher Tobin, looks at how Covid-19 and Lockdown 3.0 is having an impact on the court system and on mediations to resolve disputes.
The President of the High Court earlier highlighted the obligation of all stakeholders to ensure that the administration of justice is not brought to a standstill because of Covid-19.
Read moreHalted trials cause financial and emotional woe, says Bar
Chair of the Bar Council Maura McNally SC says she has been “inundated” with complaints about halted trials.
The Bar Council chair has written to High Court president Ms Justice Mary Irvine to say that access to justice under level five restrictions has proven very difficult for barristers and their clients.
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