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How to Evaluate Training Effectiveness: A Practical Guide for Irish Employers
A practical guide to evaluating training effectiveness in Irish workplaces, drawing on CIPD guidance and clearly labelling our own suggestions.
Repaying Training Costs When an Employee Leaves: What Irish Employers Should Know
Can employers recover training costs when an employee leaves? The official pages are silent on repayment; here is what they say about deductions and written terms.
Is Training Time Working Time? Pay and Hours Rules for Irish Employers
Is training time working time in Ireland? Mandatory training counts as working time and is free of cost; for other training the official pages are silent.
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Tax Treatment of Employer-Funded Staff Training in Ireland
What Revenue's page on examinations and courses says about the tax treatment of employee training in Ireland: fees, awards, expenses and equipment.
In-House Training vs Open Courses: How Dublin Employers Can Choose
A practical framework for choosing between in-house training and open courses, with what Skillnet Ireland and QQI pages do and do not say.
AI Hiring Tools and Discrimination: Employment Equality Acts Points for Irish Employers
AI bias hiring discrimination Ireland: how the Employment Equality Acts apply to AI-assisted recruitment, and what the AI Act says on data quality and oversight.
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Automated Decision-Making and Employees: GDPR Article 22 Explained for Irish Employers
What the DPC says about GDPR Article 22, what the SCHUFA ruling decided, and how Irish employers can check where software drives decisions about staff.
AI Act Roles: Are You a Provider or a Deployer? A Guide for Irish Employers
Most employers using AI tools are deployers, but Article 25 can make you a provider. Here is how to work out your AI Act role, tool by tool.
DPIAs for AI Tools: When Irish Employers Need One
When does an Irish employer need a DPIA for AI tools? What the DPC says on high risk, new technology and its list of processing operations.
General-Purpose AI Models Under the AI Act: What Employers Using Chatbots Should Know
The AI Act's general-purpose AI model obligations sit with model providers. Here is what the Commission says, and our reading for employers using chatbots.
AI and Ethics for Professional Accountants in Ireland
What the IESBA and Chartered Accountants Ireland say about AI ethics for accountants: the Code still applies, plus the threats to manage.
AI Employee Monitoring in Ireland: GDPR and AI Act Points for Employers
What Irish employers should know about AI employee monitoring and productivity tracking: proportionality and transparency under GDPR, plus the AI Act's workplace emotion-inference ban.
AI Vendor Due Diligence: Questions Irish Employers Should Ask Before Buying
A question-led guide to AI vendor due diligence for Irish employers, drawing on DPC guidance, the EDPB's AI models opinion and the Commission's AI Act pages.