EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION

By Eoghan O Leary

Employee

An employee is an individual who was hired by an employer to do a specific job.

The employee is hired by the employer after an application and interview process results in his or her selection as an employee.

Employee Rights

As an employee, you are entitled to receive certain basic employment rights

Here is an Example of some of these rights An Employee has the right to a payslip Most experienced adult workers in Ireland

are entitled to be paid €8.65 per hour. A maximum working week average of 48

hours a week Unpaid breaks during working hours

Pay Slips

All employees are entitled to receive a pay slip with every payment of wages. This pay slip should show gross wage (wage before deductions) and the nature and amount of each deduction .

Pay Slip

Working Hours

The maximum an employee should work in an average working week is 48 hours.

Breaks

A daily rest period of 11 consecutive hours per 24 hours

A weekly rest period of 24 consecutive hours per seven days, following a daily rest period

A 15-minute break if working 4.5 hours. A 30-minute break if working six hours.

National Minimum Wage

The National Mininum Wage (from 1st July 2011) is €8.65 per hour

Employees who are in their first year of employment since turning the age of 18 (€6.92 per hour)

Employees who are under 18 years of age (€6.06 per hour)

Trade Unions

A trade union is an organisation made up of members (a membeship-based organisation) and its membership must be made up mainly of workers. One of a trade union's main aims is to protect and advance the interests of its members in the workplace. An example of a trade union is SIPTU

Employers

An employer is a legal entity that controls and directs a servant or worker under an express or implied contract of employment and pays (or is obligated to pay) him or her salary or wages in compensation.As an employer, it is your responsibility to ensure all your employees receive certain basic employment rights.

Employment Rights

Here is an example of some employment r ights

A written statement of terms and conditions of employment

A written statement of pay or ‘payslip’ To make sure there employee does not work

more than 48 hours a week Unpaid breaks during working hours Full-time workers have the right to four

working weeks paid annual leave per year. A minimum amount of notice before dismissal

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