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Redundancy pay

The statutory redundancy payment scheme aims to ensure that people who are dismissed through no fault of their own receive compensation. Employees who meet certain requirements are statutorily entitled to a lump sum from their employer.

Flexible Futures Conference - March 2024

Our Flexible Futures conference, organised in partnership with Timely Careers and supported by the Department for the Economy, took place in Stranmillis College on 14 March 2024. It brought together several key speakers from Government, business and academia to present the rationale and the personal, business and economic benefits of flexible working.

Flexible working - the essence of a ‘good job’?

“Redefining the concept of a ‘good’ job, which embraces flexibility in all its forms, is a necessity if we’re to achieve a more inclusive and productive economy.”

Calculation of Holiday entitlement for Term Time/Part year Workers

The Supreme Court decision handed down in the case of Harpur Trust v Brazel on 20th July 2022 has now provided clarity on how statutory leave entitlement for workers who are described as part year workers (i.e. workers who work for varying hours during only certain weeks of the year but have a continuing contract throughout that year), should be calculated.

Addressing the £1bn financial impact of workplace conflict: The essential role of mediation in Northern Ireland

North West first to offer post graduate course in mediation

The application of ‘conflict resolution’ strategies to the workplace could significantly reduce the staggering £1billion in costs which the NI economy is forced to bear each year, according to the new Chief Executive of the Labour Relations Agency for Northern Ireland (LRA).