COVID-19 Legal Updates

Businesses are coming to terms with COVID-19, with the need to respond quickly to the disruption to operations and mitigate risk.

Our multi-disciplinary team is working with clients on a range of areas including employee matters, corporate governance, protecting personal data and contractual requirements to help prepare for the evolving impact of COVID-19.

Read the insights below from our lawyers for more information.

Additional 16 countries added to List of ‘High Risk’ Countries from Thursday 15 April

12 April 2021

On 9 April, the Minister for Health announced his intention to designate an additional 16 countries/territories as ‘Category 2’. These are: Armenia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Curaçao,...

Introduction of The Code of Practice on the Right to Disconnect

8 April 2021

The much-anticipated Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) Code of Practice for Employers and Employees on the Right to Disconnect (“the Code”) was introduced on Thursday 1 April 2021. The Code, introduced...

New Superior Court Rules allow for remote witnessing of affidavits

1 April 2021

A new statutory instrument, the Rules of the Superior Courts (Affidavits) 2021 (S.I. No. 127/2021), allowing for the remote witnessing of affidavits came into effect yesterday, 31 March 2021. These...

Further Temporary Extension to Immigration Permissions

29 March 2021

The Minister for Justice has announced a further temporary extension of immigration and international protection permissions to 20 September 2021. This applies to permissions that are due to expire between...

Mandatory Hotel Quarantine legislation in force from Friday 26 March 2021

23 March 2021

The government advises against all non-essential international travel. All passengers coming into Ireland must: complete a Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form provide evidence that they have a negative or ‘not detected’...

Recent WRC decision – Request to work remotely

3 March 2021

The Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) published its first decision in relation an employer’s obligations to consider a request to work remotely as part of its duties to protect employees’ health,...

Eugene F Collins Webinar: Employment Law Update

22 February 2021

Join us on Wednesday 24 March at 11.00am for an employment law update. Our panel of speakers will discuss a number of areas impacting businesses right now, including: Bullying in...

Update to Quarantine Requirements for Ireland, including High Risk Category 2 Countries

18 February 2021

There is currently a Government Advisory in operation against all non-essential international travel. If you are travelling to Ireland you must: Complete a Covid-19 Passenger Locator Form Provide evidence that...

Will there be a shift towards turnover rents as we emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic?

12 February 2021

Re-occurring lockdowns have left consumers with no choice but to move to online shopping, raising the question of whether this rapid change caused by the pandemic will have a lasting...

Government introduces system of mandatory quarantine for anyone arriving in Ireland from abroad

8 February 2021

The Irish Government signed regulations that will introduce a system of mandatory quarantine for arrivals into the State. A legal requirement to quarantine has been introduced for all travellers (except...