Dear Member,   

In this week's e-zine, we advise on whether employees accrue annual leave while on sick leave. 

Each week in the SFA e-zine, we will profile a different government support available to small businesses, in this edition we focus on Enterprise Ireland’s Business Process Improvement Grant, which offers €35,000 to develop the knowledge and skills of the company's management team. 

We bring you details of a successful outcome to SFA lobbying in opposition to a proposal for employers to reimburse welfare payments arising in cases of unfair dismissal.

We encourage members to enter the SEAI Sustainable Energy Awards which are now open and link to the Environmental Impact Statement and Planning Submission from Dublin City Council on the College Green Project.

Don't miss your last chance to book a place at the SFA Annual Conference taking place tomorrow (24 May) in the RDS and register for the next SFA webinar on 7 June on managing the retirement process. 

Protect your business from large compensation claims with our Foundations in Employment Law course on 8 and 9 June. We also provide a summary of recent press coverage. 

As always, we’d love to hear from you about any queries you may have, issues you wish to have raised with Government or other stakeholders and your ideas on how we can improve the business environment for us all. Please contact me on tel: 01 605 1626 or e-mail: linda.barry@sfa.ie or tweet: @SFA_Irl or visit: www.sfa.ie.

Kind regards, 

Linda Barry

SFA Acting Director