2021 can best be described as a year when companies displayed a steadfast determination to overcome the continuing challenges that the pandemic places upon their businesses. Having striven to remain operational throughout the year, companies are, once again, forced to counteract the implications of staff absences linked to current Government protocols, particularly the requirement for…
Shannon Chamber HR is a dedicated HR and Employment Law Support Service for members of Shannon Chamber provided in partnership with Adare Human Resource Management, experts in Employment Law, Industrial Relations, Human Resources and Health & Safety at preferential rates. In December, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) published its first report that examined complaints made to…
Having delivered a series of six workshops to members of the Mid-West Lean Network in 2021, Shannon Chamber completed the year by inviting internationally renowned leadership coach, author, speaker and lean practitioner, Katie Anderson to virtually address members of the network and share her views on leadership. The event, which was supported by Enterprise…
Welcome to Adare Human Resource Management’s December 2021 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/dec-2021
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has today (Sunday) announced the introduction of an annual grant of €2,000 for employers who employ apprentices in one of the 37 apprenticeships which have been established since 2016. This extends financial support to all apprentice employers for the first time, addressing…
Chambers of Commerce in the West and Mid-West – Ennis, Galway, Limerick, and Shannon – in collaboration with the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF), have welcomed confirmation by the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton T.D., that an allocation of €10.1 million has been confirmed for Shannon Airport under both the Covid-19…
Shannon Chamber HR is a dedicated HR and Employment Law Support Service for members of Shannon Chamber provided in partnership with Adare Human Resource Management, experts in Employment Law, Industrial Relations, Human Resources and Health & Safety at preferential rates. As we enter the final days of 2021, Derek McKay, Managing Director, Adare Human Resource Management…
With many companies in the Mid-West region seeking to attract new talent, Shannon Chamber has welcomed an initiative from newly formed indigenous company, Bowsy, which enables final-year students and post-graduates in third-level colleges to undertake projects for companies, linked to their fields of study. Launched in 2020, with support from Enterprise Ireland, and already awarded…
Blackline Safety Corp. (TSX: BLN), a global leader in connected safety technology with a hardware-enabled software-as-a-service (HeSaaS) business model, today announced further details on its partnership with Northern Ireland Water for connected personal gas detection devices and monitoring to support their workers. The contract, awarded through Blackline Safety Europe’s distribution partner in Ireland OBW Technologies,…
Shannon Chamber announced today (Tuesday, 7 December 2021) that Ray O’Driscoll, Chief Operating Officer with Shannon Group Plc has been appointed to the Chamber’s Board of Directors. The appointment was made at the Chamber’s 25th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held virtually on Thursday, 2 December 2021. Ex officio President Mary Considine, CEO of Shannon Group plc,…
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