A decision delivered by the Court of Appeal at the end of October 2018 throws further light on this question of the right to legal representation in the workplace during disciplinary hearings. This issue was thrown into some degree of confusion by what appeared to be inconsistent High Court decisions in the cases of Lyons … Read more
Are you entitled to legal representation if you are involved in a disciplinary proceeding in your workplace? If you are an employer how do you respond to requests from an employee who is the subject of a disciplinary or investigation procedure to be represented by a solicitor or barrister? Last year I wrote about three … Read more
Mick came in to see me last week. He had had enough. ‘Enough is enough’, he barked. Mick is a small employer. Old fashioned, grim, swarthy. He had enough of this employment law nonsense. He was looking for a way to ensure that his workers would stop giving him grief, and ‘cop themselves on’. Or, … Read more
There are huge similarities between Irish law and UK law, which is to be expected as the Irish legal system originates from the English legal System. The Irish legal system exists in a common law jurisdiction, as opposed to a civil law jurisdictions like France and other European countries. Other common law jurisdictions include the … Read more
There’s a lad from outside Mullingar who has a peculiar way of making a living. I’ll tell you about that another time, though. Because last week he paid me a visit on different business: the common problem of the “problem employee”? How do you handle this familiar problem? Many employers come to me with … Read more