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Employment Status & Engagement Models

Platform providers and businesses of all kinds may wish to engage their Irish workforce in various ways. This depends on strategy, immediate and longer term needs and risk appetite.

Overview

The conventional hiring model of direct employment will often be the most appropriate choice in building or growing your business. If this works for your organisation, we can provide comprehensive and timely support ensuring that structures are in place which reflect your goals and risk appetite.

When this model does not align with your business goals, or needs to be supplemented with atypical arrangements, we can work with you on alternative engagement models.

Your business may wish to explore multiple means of servicing its platform, its projects or its growing business, whether through engaging with gig workers or utilising EOR or PEO arrangements, employment agencies or similar approaches.

The Irish regime presents businesses with flexibility provided that the risks and pitfalls are addressed at each stage of the engagement or model in question.

Experience

We advise global businesses and also work with PEOs, EORs, agencies and corporates of all kinds.

Our clients have a dynamic and international workforce. We know the risks and the benefits and we work with many leading businesses and platforms.

We can guide you through negotiating documents, drafting protections for your business, employment contracts and termination arrangements.

Many businesses rely on independent contractors and this can give rise to a misclassification risk. We are experts not only in putting these arrangements in place but also working with organisations to manage the risks arising, including those associated with classification and deemed employment. We deal with the issues from inception to dispute resolution.

Our global footprint and international focus means that we work with many global and dynamic businesses seeking ways to engage in or move staff to Ireland at every level of seniority. Many of our clients have a dispersed workforce or a growing entity in Ireland. We advise on the permanent and temporary options locally, tailoring the model for the needs of the business. We work seamlessly within Littler globally to plan and implement equivalent initiatives in other jurisdictions and deliver this through a single point of contact.

Key Contacts

Meet the key members of our team to discover more.

Partner & Head of Dublin Office

Partner

Dublin

Senior Associate

Associate

Associate

Recent Insights

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