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Plain-English guides to the law this site serves: whistleblowing, workplace sexual harassment, and civil claims — written for the person deciding what to do, not the institution deciding how to respond.
What Is a Protected Disclosure?
The foundations: relevant wrongdoing, reasonable belief, and the grievance exclusion.
WhistleblowingThe 2023 Whistleblower Law Changes, Explained
How the Amendment Act transformed the regime in the reporting worker’s favour.
WhistleblowingPenalisation: What Counts, With Examples
The widened definition - from dismissal to blacklisting to reputational harm.
WhistleblowingThe Burden of Proof in Whistleblower Cases
Since 2023, your employer must prove it wasn’t retaliation. How that works.
WhistleblowingInterim Relief for Whistleblowers
The urgent 21-day Circuit Court application that holds your position.
WhistleblowingThe Protected Disclosures Commissioner, Explained
The routing office for reports with nowhere obvious to go.
WhistleblowingWhistleblowing Policy Requirements for Employers
Channels at 50+ employees, the service standards, and the offences for failure.
WhistleblowingGoing Public: Whistleblowers and the Media
The statutory gate for public disclosure - and why advice comes first.
HarassmentWhat Counts as Sexual Harassment at Work?
The legal definition is broader than most workplaces behave as if it is.
HarassmentEmployer Liability for Sexual Harassment
Course of employment, third parties, and the reasonably-practicable-steps defence.
HarassmentReporting Sexual Harassment: Your Options
Internal complaint, WRC claim, both, or neither - mapped without pressure.
HarassmentWRC Harassment Claims: The Time Limits
Six months, extendable to twelve - the clocks that lose strong cases.
HarassmentThe 2024 NDA Restrictions, Explained
Harassment NDAs are now void unless strict conditions are met. The new rules.
HarassmentHarassment by Clients, Customers and Third Parties
Your employer’s duty doesn’t stop at the payroll.
Civil ClaimsCivil Claims for Sexual Assault in Ireland
Your own case, on the balance of probabilities - the civil route explained.
Civil ClaimsCriminal Case vs Civil Claim: The Differences
Different owners, different standards, different questions.
Civil ClaimsTime Limits in Sexual Assault Civil Claims
The limits, the extensions, and why “too late” is a legal question.
Civil ClaimsSuing Institutions for Historical Abuse
Vicarious liability, direct duty, and the evidence that ages.
Civil ClaimsWorkplace Sexual Assault: The Parallel Routes
Criminal, employment and civil - how the three worlds fit together.
Civil ClaimsAnonymity and Privacy in Sensitive Claims
What privacy the process offers, honestly stated - and how we plan around it.
PregnancyAnnouncing Your Pregnancy at Work
When you must tell, what protection runs before - and the two-line email that arms everything.
Pregnancy“Your Role Has Changed” - The Return-to-Work Demotion
The statute promises the SAME job - and the sentence that keeps every option alive.
PregnancyPregnancy Questions at Interview - and Withdrawn Offers
Protection starts before employment does - the applicant’s rights, mapped.
PregnancyFixed-Term Contract Not Renewed While Pregnant
“It simply expired” is sometimes true - and always examinable.
PregnancyThe Burden of Proof in Pregnancy Cases
You raise the inference; they must disprove the connection. The mechanism, explained.
PregnancyThe WRC Clocks in Pregnancy Claims
Six months, twelve for cause - and the trap called “after the baby comes”.
PregnancyRisk Assessments & Health and Safety Leave
Adjust, alternative, then leave - and the employer who skips to “maybe stay home”.
PregnancyPregnancy-Related Sick Leave: Your Rights
The absence policy does not outrank equality law - the ring-fence, explained.