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Ibec Podcasts — 219 episodes
From Awareness to Action: Closing the L&D Priority Gap
From Vision to Venture: Inside the 2026 Ibec Founders Report
Update on new retirement legislation
Courageous Leaders: Dr. Mamobo Ogoro
Budget 2027 – Building a Resilient Economy
European Business Priorities: A Conversation with Danny McCoy & Fredrik Persson
Designing Future Workspaces
Job Evaluation - The EIGE Toolkit
Courageous Leaders: Sabrina Casalta
Courageous Leaders: Denise Charlton
OSH Considerations for International Travel
A resilient Europe is a competitive Europe: why security, preparedness and trusted capability now matter to every economy
Courageous Leaders: Hilary O'Meara
Maximising Hybrid Productivity
Courageous Leaders: Oisín O'Reilly
Québec & Ireland, Strategic Partners in a Protectionist Era: A conversation with Christopher Skeete
Courageous Leaders: Frances Fitzgerald
Navigating the EU Presidency
Securing Ireland’s Competitive Edge on the Global Stage
Preparing For Pay Transparency – Equal Pay Case Law
Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Act – Navigating the upcoming changes
Unlocking Intergenerational Capability
Courageous Leaders: Kevin Bakhurst
Time as Capital: Rethinking our Relationship with Time
Courageous Leaders: Liam Herrick
Courageous Leaders: Ailbhe Smyth
OSH & GDPR: Data protection compliance for Occupational Safety and Health
Preparing for Pay Transparency – Gender Pay Gap Reporting
Courageous Leaders: Denis O'Brien
Pension Auto-Enrolment – Update on new regulations
Q4 2025 Ibec Economic Outlook
Leading Without Barriers: Inclusion, Accessibility, and the Workplace of Tomorrow
Digital and AI: Simplification, innovation and adoption
Security and Defence: Pillars of a Resilient Europe
Labour Market and Social Policy
Pension Auto-enrolment - Back to Basics
Preparing for Pay Transparency - Job Evaluation
Single Market and Simplification
The Business Ambition for Ireland's Presidency
HR Update Report 2025 – Key Findings
Reaction: Budget 2026
Q3 2025 Ibec Economic Outlook
Reaction: Government’s Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity
What is Pay Transparency?
Hybrid workplaces
Powering Innovation: NIBRT’s Role in Ireland’s Cell and Gene Therapy Future.
INSPIRE: Ireland’s Next Step in Biopharma Innovation
Empowering HR with AI and a future-fit strategy for growth
Budget 2026 – Investing in the Experience Economy
Criminal Convictions and Background Checks – What can employers do?
Learning by doing: DEI with Mr. Price
Workhuman: The strategic importance of recognition
Our budget ambition – Matching vigilance with agility
Change management
Our digital ambition
Tips and Gratuities – What are employers’ responsibilities?
Our energy ambition
Our regulatory ambition
Our innovation ambition
Our skills ambition
Shared Value - Creating economic and societal value
Our business ambition
Navigating Polarisation: Business Leadership in a Fragmented World
Expert Spotlight Series: Canada, Geoeconomics, and the Future of Transatlantic Trade - A Conversation with Goldy Hyder
The Abbey Theatre – Delivering cultural experiences
Expert Spotlight Series: David Collenette
Workplace Wellbeing with SIRO
Workplace Wellbeing with Irish Rail
Equality Claims: The Prima Facie Case
Reaction: Trump administration announces tariffs
International insights: Our recent engagements in UK, US and EU
Sustaining success through disruption - Interview with Lucy Adams
The EU Savings and Investment Union
Understanding and Managing Vulnerable Workers from an OSH Perspective – Prevention, Protection and Promotion
Women in the Workplace - A Generational View
Insights and sentiment: A CEO's perspective
Masculinity in the workplace: Dr. Sarah Carthy
Right to Request Remote and Flexible Working – Emerging Case Law
Masculinity in the workplace: Dr. Robert Lawson
Employment Law and Policy Changes – What’s on the Horizon?
How Mr. Price champion a culture of diversity, acceptance and equity
The importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace
Economic Outlook Q1 2025
The Global Compass - Cracking the Code
Leading change during global uncertainty
Macroeconomic model for Northern Ireland and the all-island economy
Unpacking CSRD: John Sisk & Son
Unpacking CSRD: Fyffes
Negotiating a new Programme for Government
Future Fit – Reimagining HR
Unpacking CSRD: Coillte
Unpacking CSRD: CPL Resources
Kilkenny Design - Promoting the Irish Artisan Experience
Unpacking CSRD: An Post
Unpacking CSRD: Energia Group
Unlocking Potential in Ireland's Experience Economy
Electing for Business - Reducing energy costs, securing growth
The Maternity Protection, Employment Equality and Preservation of Certain Records Act 2024
Constructive Dismissal: Case Insights and Employer Takeaways
Celtic Linen – Supporting Ireland’s Experience businesses
A Year of Elections: Interview with Chris Weafer
Unpacking CSRD with Davy Horizons
A Year of Elections: Interview with Jude Webber
Reaction to Budget Day 2025
Case Review – Important WRC decision on employment status
Ibec joins the Royal Irish Academy celebrating Hamilton Day
Minister Neale Richmond on Ireland's Women in Finance Charter and the Road Ahead
Electing for Business - General Election manifesto
Intelligent Automation for HR
2024 Summer HR Update – Employment law Developments to look out for
2024 Q2 Economic Outlook
The Dromoland Castle Experience – Helping to sustain rural Ireland
Preparing for Pay Transparency - An Overview
Croke Park - Their Sustainability Experience
Working Alone Safely – How to manage Lone Workers
AI and the world of work
EPIC - The Irish Emigration Museum - A Digital Experience
Talent Intelligence
The impact of Local Elections on Irish business
Using your vote for the European Elections
Preparing for the European elections
Interest Rate Fluctuations Driven By Persistent Uncertainty
Electing in Europe, what will happen and why does it matter?
Experience Economy Insights - 'More than meets the eye'
Q1 Quarterly Economic Outlook 2024
The Irish Techscape: Exploring Ireland’s Digital Adoption and Economy
Public Holidays that fall on a weekend
Better Care, Better Business
The Code of Practice on the Right to Request Remote and Right to Request Flexible Working
What are Ireland’s airports doing to make aviation more environmentally sustainable?
European Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA)
Combatting Aggression and Harassment in the Workplace – How employers can best protect employees and their businesses.
Economic Outlook Q4 2023
COP28 - Great expectations amidst controversy
Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 - Domestic Violence Leave
Recent Labour Court Decisions on Discrimination on the grounds of Age
Ibec HR Update Survey 2023
Reaction to Budget Day 2024
Safeguarding Ireland's competitiveness: Budget 2024
Seasonal employment law update - Autumn 2023
30 Years of the EU Single Market
Could Ireland’s tradition of storytelling support our diversity
Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023, Update and Practical Tips for Employers
Climate Action: A Toolkit for Business
Talent to Thrive: A new Paradigm for Education and Enterprise
Untouched Talent: A unique look at entrepreneurship through the lens of disability
Talent to Thrive: EU Year of Skills
The challenges and frequently asked questions around mandatory retirement age
Irish Beef Sector Sustainability Report: Progress to Date and Roadmap to 2030
Navigating the first 6 months of the employment relationship
Small Businesses with Big Ambitions: Part Three
Small Businesses with Big Ambitions: Part Two
Probationary Periods: Legislative Developments and Industrial Relations considerations
Small Businesses with Big Ambitions: Part One
Architects and Advocates: Bertie Ahern and Alastair Campbell
More than Meets the Eye: Ireland’s Experience Economy
Building a Resilient Digital Society
Better Housing, Better Business
Employment Legislation- December Update
Gender equality and sexual harassment post #MeToo with Jackson Katz Ph.D.
Ibec HR Update 2022 - Workplace Trends and Insights
Exploring Ireland’s Women in Finance Charter
COP27: Reflections with Minister Eamon Ryan
How a crisis highlights the critical depth and breadth of HR
COP27: Loss and damage- a thorny issue
ESG- more than another acronym
Penalisation
COP27: The EU's role in raising global ambitions
COP27: The role of cities in climate discussions
COP27: A New Hope or Groundhog Day?
The Supreme Court decision in the case of Maurice Power V HSE
A Claimant’s obligation to mitigate their losses in Unfair Dismissal Complaints
Economic Outlook Q3 2022: An economic reset
Hamilton Day 2022: Celebrating Ireland’s greatest mathematician
Budget 2023: The business reaction
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union Address: The Irish Business reaction
Budget 2023: Leaning against the wind
The Employment Law Landscape and Wellbeing
Q2 2022 Economic Outlook: Turning Point
Ibec Europe & Global Focus: What are the major issues impacting Irish business at the EU and global level?
Steps employers in the private sector should take when preparing for pay negotiations
Reasonable accommodation and what it means in practice for employers
Analysing a recent Workplace Relations Commission decision on a dismissal for breach of a bullying and harassment policy resulting in a substantial award
The emergence of a 4-day work week and its potential impact on employers
The requirements, implications and legislative protections relating to probation
What are the necessary steps when preparing for an employment case at the Workplace Relations Commission?
In conversation with Ibec CEO Danny McCoy and new BusinessEurope President Fredrik Persson
Dublin Climate Summit 2022: In conversation with Minister Paschal Donohoe, President of the Eurogroup and Jackie King, Ibec Executive Director of Ibec Global
Economic Outlook Q1 2022: A difficult balancing act
A Year in Review
Economic Outlook Q4 2021: Help wanted!
Sustainable Development: “Still” The Opportunity for Irish Economic Policymakers
COP26: Where do we go from here? Reflections with Minister Eamon Ryan
COP26: A discussion with Steve Varley, EY Global Vice Chair for Sustainability
COP26: A discussion with Steffen Engling, Adviser on EU Climate Policy at BusinessEurope: Part 3
COP26: A discussion with Steffen Engling, Adviser on EU Climate Policy at BusinessEurope: Part 2
COP26: A discussion with Steffen Engling, Adviser on EU Climate Policy at BusinessEurope: Part 1
COP26: Great Expectations
COP26: When it comes to the crunch
Social Enterprise: Impact and Measurement
Hamilton Day 2021: Celebrating Ireland's greatest mathematician
The evolving workplace: Achieving a sustainable balance
Women’s Wellbeing and Career Development
Tomorrow ready: Trends that will shape society and business on both sides of the Atlantic
Human Rights: What Irish businesses need to know
Workplace dispute resolution: What you need to know
HSBC and Wells Fargo on Sustainable Finance
Making Ireland a success in tackling climate change
Diversity & Inclusion
The Future of Work and the Workplace
Business leadership on sustainability, with Paul Polman
Why Trade Agreements Matter: Ratifying CETA and the Shopify Story
Leading through Lockdown, with Kari Daniels, Tesco Ireland
Understanding ‘Zero Covid’ and why it could work
Budget 2021: Solutions for a K-Shaped Recovery
Glanbia and Ireland’s Experience Economy: Food for Thought
Rebooting Ireland’s towns and cities
Sustaining SMEs
Reboot and Reimagine, Musgrave Group resilience, and making Normal People