Bright Contracts is category finalist in Meath Business and Tourism Awards
We attended the awards ceremony last night in the Pillo Hotel in Ashbourne. It was a great night of mingling with the best of businesses and it’s great to see how Irish businesses are thriving across all sorts of industries. We were delighted to be nominated for the ‘Best New Business’ award.
The judging panel had great things to say about Bright HR.
Even though we didn’t leave the stage in victory, we came away with a nicely framed memento and it’s already been taken off Paul’s hands and is hanging on the office wall!
Hopefully we will take the top prize in the future as we continue to spread the word about Bright Contracts across Ireland and beyond!
Bright Contracts – Employment contracts and handbooks
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Grievance Procedures must contain right to refer a grievance to a third party industrial relations institution. – Labour Court
A contention by a company that there is no requirement for the company's grievance procedure to contain a provision requiring a referral to an external independent third party was rejected by the Labour Court in a recent recommendation, LCR20406.
Having considered the submission of both parties, the Court recommended that the company’s grievance procedure should be amended to include the right to refer a grievance to a third party industrial relations institution. This is consistent with the procedure set out in the Bright Contracts Handbook.
The matter was referred by their union to the Labour Court on behalf of workers who had many years of employment with the company.
They claimed that the Company had unilaterally withdrawn their right to avail of the State's industrial relations machinery and demanded the reversal of what they described as a unilateral change to their terms and conditions of employment.
At the Labour Court hearing the company had rejected the Union's claim that its grievance procedure was incomplete. They argued that the company's grievance procedure was an internal process that complied with all normal business standards and that there is no requirement for the Company's grievance procedure to contain a provision requiring a referral to an external independent third party.
The Labour Court, in outlining its recommendation, stated the following:
“Having considered the submission of both parties the Court recommends that the Grievance Procedure should be amended to include the right to refer a grievance to a third party industrial relations institution. The Court so recommends.”
Bright Contracts – Employment contracts and handbooks
BrightPay – Payroll Software
Read more at www.labourcourt.ie >
Employment Appeals Tribunal rules in relation to company handbook and contract of employment
The Employment Appeals Tribunal recently upheld a previous recommendation of the Rights Commissioner in favour of the employer in a case where the former employee claimed that the company handbook and employment contract were invalid by virtue of the employer's correct title not being present on the handbook and contract.
The documents did not refer to the limited company status of the employer but did contain the employer's trade name and was signed by the employee.
The EAT found that the employer had fulfilled their obligations and found in their favour.
Bright Contracts – Employment contracts and handbooks
BrightPay – Payroll Software
Read more at www.eatribunal.ie >
