Human Resources
Rules, guidelines and precedents used by the human resources section of Kilrush Town Council (a function controlled and managed by Clare County Council for Kilrush Town Council).
Determination and control of staff numbers
- Local Government Act 1941
- Local Government Act 1955
- City & County Management Act 1955
- Circular Letter LA (P) 4/96 Devolution of responsibility for personnel matters.
Recruitment of Staff
- LA (P) 6/96 - Employment of People with Disabilities
- Local Government (Offices & Employees) Act 1926
- Local Government Act 1941
- Local Government (Officers) Regulations 1943
- Local Government (Appointment of Officers) Regulations 1974
- Local Government (Appointment of Officers)(Amendment) Regulations 1997
- Department of the Environment Circular Letter E.L. 7/52
- Department of the Environment Circular Letter E.L. 5/67
- Qualifications & Particulars of Office for each grade as set out by the Department of the Environment Heritage and Local Government.
- Department of the Environment Circular Letter LA (P) 4/96
- Devolution of responsibility for personnel matters
- Handbook for Guidance of Interview Board
- Local policy on recruitment of temporary staff.
- Circular Letter LA (P) 3/97 - Restructuring of Clerical/Administrative Grades
- E.L. 7/75 - Regarding of Clerical and Administrative Staff
- Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994
- Department of the Environment Circular letter LG (P) 10/99
- Department of the Environment Circular letter LG (P) 17/99
- Department of the Environment Circular letter LG (P) 6/00
- Department of the Environment Circular letter EL 7/00
- Department of the Environment Circular letter EL 9/01
- Local Government Act 2001
- Protection of Employees( part-time work) Act 2001
Welfare Policies
Staff Training
- Local Training Programme
- Local Training Policy
- Department of the Environment Fees for third level courses of education LA (P) 6/83 & LA (P) 4/98
- National Service indictors - LG 03-04, LG 05/04, LG 21/04
Conditions of Employment
- Department of the Environment Circular Letter E.L. 7/52
- Department of the Environment Circular Letter E.L. 5/67
- Department of the Environment Circular Letter 4/79 (re: incremental credit for temporary service)
- Department of the Environment Circular Letter E.L. 3/95
- Department of the Environment Circular Letter E.L. 14/96 - credit for temporary service and previous permanent service for incremental purposes
- Department of the environment Circular Letter E.L. 1/81 (additional increments for post graduate service engineering grades)
- Department of the Environment Fall Back Rule (credit for allowances)
- Department of the Environment rule on promotion of a servant to an officer grade
- LA (P) 10/84 -
- Local Government (Officers) Regulations 1984
- Department of the Environment Circular Letter E.L. 9/01
Remuneration
- Circular Letter LA 6/95 - (PRSI)
- Circulars on remuneration issued by the Department of the Environment for all officer and non-officer grades and updated by the Department in line with national wage agreement.
Superannuation
- Local Government (Superannuation Revision) (Consolidation) Scheme 1986 (as amended)
Annual Leave - Non Officers
- Holidays (Employees) Acts 1973 - 1991
- Worker Protection (Regular Part-time Employees) Act 1991.
- Organisation of Working Time Act 1997
- Local Government (Officers) Regulations 1943
- Holidays (Employees) Act 1973 (Public Holidays) Regulations 1993
Sick Leave
- Local Government Officers Regulations 1943
- Department of the Environment Circular 7/52
- Department of the Environment Circular L.A. 6/95 (revised social insurance status and conditions of service of certain local authority officers)
- LA (P) 5/93 Payment of salary to officers on extended sick leave
- Local Sick Pay scheme
Special Leave without pay
- Department of the Environment LA (P) 18/80
- Department of the Environment LA (P) 4/96
Special Leave (Interviews)
- Department of the Environment E.L. 12/71
Special Leave (Compassionate)
- Department of the Environment Circular Letter LA (P) 19/80
Special Leave with pay
- LA (P) 4/96
Study Leave
- LA (P) 18/80
Maternity Leave
- Maternity Protection Act 1994
- Maternity Protection (Amendment) ACT 2006
- Department of the Environment LA (P) 15/81/LA (P) 11/88
Parental Leave
- Parental Leave Act 1998
- Department of the Environment Circular Letter LG (P) 12/02
- Department of the Environment Circular Letter LG (P) 18/04
- Parental Leave (Amendment) Act 2006
Adoptive Leave
- Department of the Environment LA (P) 7/84
- Adoptive Leave Act 1995
Paternity Leave
- Department of the Environment Circular Letter LG (P) 5/2000
Military Training Leave
- LA (P) 10/81
Career Breaks
- Officers of Local Authority LA (P) 12/84 LA (P) 18/84 LA (P) 1/93
- Non officers: LA (P) 7/86
Work Sharing.
- Department of the Environment Circular Letter LA (P) 11/86
- Department of the Environment Circular Letter LG (P) 13/02
Suspension/Termination
- Local Government Act 1941 as amended by Section 18 of the Local Government Act 1955
- Local Government Officers Regulations 1983 L.A. (P) 8/83
- Part (IX) of the Local Government Act 1994
- Department of the Environment Letter LA (P) 8/94
- Ex-gratia payments to officers under suspension Circular LA (P) 4/96
Removal Expenses
- Circular Letter LA 4/96
- Local Government Officers Regulations 1943
- Department of the Environment Circular Letter 13/78
- Department of the Environment Circular Letter 5/84 LA (P) 1/95
- Periodic Department of the Environment Circular Letters - revising rates
Travelling Expenses
- Local Government (Officer) Regulations 1943
- Department of the Environment Circular Letter 7/52 as revised by [periodic circular letters affecting rates
Subsistence Allowances
- Local Government (Officers) Regulations 1943
- Department of the Environment Circular Letter 7/52 as revised by periodic circular letters affecting rates
Allowances - Non Officers
- Circular Letter EL 20/87
- Eating-on-Site Allowance
Overtime
- Department of the Environment Circular Letter LA (P) 3/80
- Department of the Environment Circular Letter EL 1/89
- Department of the Environment Circular Letter EL 17/97
Secondment
- Circular Letter EL 15/70
- LA (P) 4/96
Industrial Relations
- Industrial Relations Acts 1946-1990
- Local Grievance and Disciplinary Procedure Policy Document.
- Local Dignity at Work Policy
Key Legislation.
- Application of Enactments Order 1898.
- Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.
- Local Government (Officers & Employees) Act 1926.
- Local Government Act 1941.
- Local Government Act 1946.
- Local Government Act 1955.
- City & County Management (Amendment) Act 1955.
- Local Government No. 2 Act 1960.
- Employment Equality Act 1977.
- Local Government (Reorganisation) Act, 1985.
- Safety Health & Welfare at Work Act, 1997.
- Industrial Relations Acts 1946 - 1990.
- Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act 1973 to 1991.
- Worker (Protection (Regular Part-Time Employees) Act 1991.
- Local Government Act 1991.
- Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 - 1993.
- Local Government Act 1994.
- Terms of Employment Information Act 1994.
- Maternity Protection Act 1994.
- Organisation of Working Time Act 1997.
- Roads Act 1993 to 1998.
- Local Government Act 1998.
- Employment Equality Act 1998.
- Local Government Act 2001.
- Local Government (Officers) Regulations 1943 - 1997.
Local Government Act, 1991 (Removal of Control) Regulations 1993. - Local Government (Expenses of Local Authority Members) Regulations 1993 - 1995.
- Maternity Protection (Amendment) Act 2006
- Parental Leave (Amendment) ACT 2006