Linda is a Partner in the Employment, Immigration and Reward division based in Lewis Silkin's Dublin office. She is qualified to practice in Ireland, England & Wales. Linda is also the current chair of the Employment Law Association of Ireland and has an in-house employment counsel background.
Linda advises on all aspects of the employment law relationship from recruitment to termination and everything in between. Linda also advises multinationals and employers on changes to terms and conditions, unfair dismissals, payment of wages claims, restructuring and transfer of undertakings. Linda is also a workplace data protection expert and advises employers on all aspect of processing employee personal data to include advice on subject access requests, employee monitoring, privacy notices, retention and data protection complaints.
It seems we have a weekly, if not daily weather, warning these days. Often, we are warned not to take unnecessary journeys. So, is your employee coming to work during adverse weather an unnecessary journey? What is the position for employers and employees in a situation like this?
As these adverse weather conditions are becoming common place, employers need to decide what policy will apply in an unusual absence situation. The second important step is clearly communicating this approach to employees through an appropriate policy. The policy should set out the relevant reporting procedure and in what situations an absence will be considered unauthorised. This can be critical in deciding if disciplinary action is necessary if it is felt that
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