Further to the announcement by the Taoiseach on Friday, many Chamber member companies now will be required to temporarily cease operating for the next two weeks. In light of this announcement the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has asked that we highlight two supports that members may wish to avail of; 1) The…
Businesses with recently laid off workers can also avail of the Scheme by re-employing them Wednesday March 25th, 2020 Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys, T.D., has strongly encouraged employers to avail of the Government’s new and generous Wage Subsidy Scheme to retain employees and to re-employ employees in cases where they have…
The publication this evening (Saturday, 28 March 2020) of the list of essential service providers under the new public health guidelines is most welcome, according to Shannon Chamber CEO Helen Downes following a day of confusion amongst member companies as to how their operations would be classified. Having received endless phone calls from concerned chief…
Shannon Chamber Skillnet is fully supportive of the Government’s efforts to effectively address and limit the spread of COVID-19 and to safeguard the protection of public health and that of our stakeholders. The Shannon Chamber Skillnet team is continuing to work and are available to discuss any queries that our businesses or trainees have regarding…
Minister Humphreys introduces new measure as part of COVID-19 Business Supports Package Thursday 26 March, 2020 The new Business Continuity Voucher is now available through Local Enterprise Offices and is open to sole traders and companies across every business sector that employ up to 50 people, the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather…
The COVID- 19 pandemic has forced many companies to switch to remote working and while it is testing for many people, adaptability is fast becoming the norm. The initial first steps in the process for employers was ensuring that they had the systems in place to facilitate virtual linkages with their employees; then ensuring…
New Guidelines from Revenue on COVID-19 Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme – Employer Eligibility and Supporting Proofs Context On 24 March 2020, the Government announced measures to provide financial support to workers affected by the COVID-19 crisis. As part of these measures and building on the functionality developed through PAYE Modernisation, Revenue will operate the…
Picture shows: Noel Halpin (floor manager) and Paul Collins (sales and marketing manager), Bolger Engineering, at the recent Manufacturing Solutions event in Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) showing one of their high quality precision medical fabrications. Bolgers, a leading medical equipment fabrication and assembly supplier based in Shannon, Co Clare, Ireland, has announced that it…
Chambers Ireland and our nationwide network of chambers has today (24 March 2020) published the results of a survey of its members, which seeks to quantify and highlight the impacts of COVID-19 on business in towns, cities and regions right across the country. Our survey which has over 1,000 responses (1,110) was conducted between the…
Given the current social distancing requirements and the fact that many companies are encouraging their employees to work from home, where possible, and that many will be doing so for the first time, Shannon Chamber has linked up with the Limerick office of leading global IT Infrastructure provider Rahi Systems to host a professionally distanced…
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