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May 23, 2012

Blowing the whistle on corruption

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Madeleine Delaney of Beauchamps Solicitors takes a look at the limited protections that are currently afforded to workers in the healthcare sector who decide to ‘blow the whistle’ on their colleagues and how this can affect the people in question.

Fixed-term employees and the public sector moratorium

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Madeleine Delaney, Beauchamps Solicitors, examines the implications of a recent Rights Commissioner case in relation to the public sector moratorium Employees in the healthcare sector are often employed on a fixed-term or temporary basis. The Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003 (the Act) provides that where, on or after July 14 2003, a fixed-term [...]