Irish Employment Law Update 2026 - Key Cases, Legislation & Practical Insights

Introduction

Irish employment law is evolving - are your contracts, policies and dispute strategies keeping pace with recent case law and legislative changes?

This course will highlight recent landmark Irish cases and statutory updates that are reshaping key areas of employment law.

Aimed at HR professionals, in-house counsel and employment lawyers, this course will help you to stay current to avoid risk and ensure compliance and stay ahead of potential disputes in unfair dismissal cases.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive course will cover the following:

• Employee v Contractor - where are we now post Karshan?
• Protected Disclosures - update on legislation and caselaw?
• Non-Disclosure Agreements - can we have them?
• Remedies in Unfair Dismissal claims in light of the O'Súird case
• The employment injunction - update on case law

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.