As Organisations move toward year-end reviews and look ahead to 2026, data from Adare’s most recent HR Barometer 9.2 reveals that performance management processes are undergoing a major reset. Organisations are redefining what high performance looks like in a labour market shaped by hybrid work, shifting Employee expectations, and increasing pressure on productivity. Declining Confidence…
This year, Organisations with 50 Employees or more fall under the scope of the gender pay gap reporting regulations. Organisations reporting for the first time this year will not only have to process the pay data, the regulations also require relevant Employers to set out: i) in the Employer’s opinion, the reasons for any gender…
Tuesday 11th November 2025: The Shannon Airport Group has today welcomed Ryanair’s announcement of four new routes from Shannon to Rome, Warsaw, Poznań and Madrid, together with a fourth based aircraft for Summer 2026, representing a US$400M investment. Alongside the four new routes, Ryanair is further expanding its Shannon schedule next Summer with increased frequency on…
Welcome to Adare’s November 2025 edition of their monthly HR and Employment Law Newsletter. Please click the following link which will take you through to the newsletter: https://www.adarehrm.ie/newsletter/
The EU Pay Transparency Directive (the Directive) came into effect at EU level in June 2023. Member states including Ireland have until 7th June 2026 to transpose the Directive into domestic law. The broad aims of the Directive are to ensure Employers adopt fair compensation practices and take action to identify any compliance gaps. Some…
Tuesday 21st October 2025: Eighty years after Shannon Airport welcomed the first scheduled transatlantic passenger flight on 24th October 1945, history was made once again – this time underground. The Shannon Airport Group today sealed a snapshot of life in 2025, along with bold predictions for the future, in a commemorative Time Capsule now buried…
How Strategic Health and Wellbeing Initiatives Deliver ROI for Employers and Employees October 10th marks World Mental Health Day each year. The overall objective of World Mental Health Day is to raise awareness of mental health issues and to activate efforts to improve mental health supports. This annual observance provides an opportunity for all stakeholders…
Welcome to Adare’s October 2025 edition of their monthly HR and Employment Law Newsletter. Please click the following link which will take you through to the newsletter: https://www.adarehrm.ie/newsletter/
In 2025, the Employee threshold triggering the requirement to publish a gender pay gap report moves from Organisations with 150 or more Employees to those with 50 or more Employees. According to Department of Children, Disability and Equality estimates, the reduced Employee threshold will bring as many as 6,000 Organisations within the scope of the…
A workplace investigation is an independent and unbiased inquiry into a situation involving Employees. Adare’s most recent HR Barometer Series 9.1 revealed that two in five Organisations carried out investigation processes during the 2024 calendar year. The survey data highlights the need for Employers to have the capability to carry out a fair, timely, and…
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