2024 saw an exceptional number of employment law developments. While many of the changes involved confirmation of signposted increases to existing Employee rights or the commencement of new provisions under existing legislation, there were also notable developments in the areas of pensions and retirement, work permits, maternity leave and the use of NDAs involving allegations of victimisation, discrimination harassment and sexual harassment.

Irish employment law has been developing at an extraordinary rate over the past number of years and the first half of 2024 has been no different. There has been a huge expansion of the Employment Permits system, the publication of draft legislation on auto-enrolment, further developments around mandatory retirement ages as well as the much-anticipated rights to request remote and flexible work and the accompanying Code of Practice.