Companies

Grant Thornton expands family leave policies

Leave for fertility treatment and those experiencing pregnancy loss to be offered to staff

• Sarah Taaffe-Maguire
• May 23, 2022

How to manage: Employers disregard legal protection for workers on maternity leave at their peril

The courts and statutory tribunals tend to take a zero-tolerance approach to any infringement of an employee’s rights in this situation

• Patrick Walshe
• June 27, 2021

Analysis: The government had plenty of warning that a minister could need maternity leave

The lack of a progress since Máire Geoghegan-Quinn gave birth while she was minister of state in 1979 shows why it is so difficult for women to progress in politics

• Aiden Corkery
• March 11, 2021

Pregnant McEntee to make political history

The Minister for Justice will become the first cabinet member to give birth while in office

• Michael Brennan
• December 6, 2020