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Experts in HR, employment law, career progression and personal finance offer their view on your work queries

Wild Geese: Patrick Scallon, Paris

Agency says it supported 323 investments in 2025, with employment in its client companies rising to 312,400

Take time to reflect on what real success looks like and whether you’re measuring the right things

Pension auto-enrolment and minimum wage increases will heighten ‘financial distress’ early next year, says Azets Ireland

Employee had worked for bingo hall operator for nearly 18 years

CSO figures show number of active enterprises in Republic rose by 3% to 401,359 in 2023

But not because of anything to do with the US transport secretary’s campaign to civilise air travel

Are such things a gimmick or an indispensable tool for company strategy and decision-making?

WRC hears veteran executive was unfairly dismissed from €275,000 job at arm of multinational group Lionbridge

Rude colleagues hurt themselves as much as those condemned to work with them

Roughly one third of staff will join My Future Fund, another third fall outside parameters and final group are with in-house scheme

While register is not an accurate measure of unemployment, it does track employment trends

Offers of amazing opportunities are legion these days, but they are almost always unpaid. Do not let your ego lead your head

Financial services drove the growth amid a rise in demand for exports but employment falls in tech, media and telecoms sector

Force majeure, medical leave, compassionate leave: employees should familiarise themselves with their rights to ensure they follow the rules and, if possible, are not left out of pocket

Study from PwC calls on firms to move beyond pilot programmes and roll out wider use of new technology

Worker noticed discrepancy between what he was getting paid and what the Revenue Commissioners were told he had been paid

If I wanted your tedious advice on how to do the simplest thing online, I would have asked for it

Wild Geese: Julie Orr, Kenya

James Reed warned vacancies ‘haven’t even hit rock bottom yet’, but impact is being felt

Focus on relentless growth may seem good for the bottom line, but it can be self-defeating

Ibec is pushing back on pay transparency plans to mandate salary disclosure in job ads, lobbying to allow businesses share pay with candidates privately

Worker pulled up by management for being ‘persistently late’

Gemini’s EU head of compliance tells hearing he warned company seeking Irish authorisation its procedures breached incoming EU law

Staff numbers down by 20% with employees averaging €147,959 in salary before share-based pay and other benefits

Information and communication workers remain the highest paid workers in the State

‘Profoundly troubling’ that businessman exploited financial vulnerability of part-time employee, says adjudicator

Majority of workers expect to stick with My Future Fund even though many are unsure whether it really will deliver financial security in retirement

The world’s most confusing dress code is even worse in the steamy Cop30 tropics

Department of Enterprise looking at rule governing work permits following concerns raised by nursing home sector

Calls to reduce such immigration to ease pressures on infrastructure would only makes things worse

The Professionals is a series of articles in which people from one field share their views of Ireland today

Wild Geese: Laurence MacDonald, New York

Commission found worker was left ‘confused, humiliated and excluded’

Rise primarily driven by significant increases in the rates of joblessness among those aged between 15 and 24

World Bank report explores barriers to progression and examines which efforts to promote women’s leadership work well ... and which don’t

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Applicants are using AI to frame CVs and apply for roles while employers are using it to spot those who have used the technology

Almost half of job applicants surveyed in Ireland say they lost trust in the hiring process, research from Greenhouse finds