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
Are you an employer? Have you been stressed and anxious about an employment issue recently? I have met a number of employers in the last year or so and I had a great deal of sympathy for them. Let me explain. It’s very easy for you as an employer to make mistakes in relation to … Read more
Did you know that you cannot bring a claim for unfair dismissal and discriminatory dismissal at the same time? They are considered to be parallel complaints and you will have to choose one or the other. Let me clarify: section 77 of the Employment Equality Act, 1988 states 77.— F117 [ (1) A person who … Read more
Did you ever read Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens? Dickens introduced a great number of unforgettable characters to the world in this novel about the exploitation of orphan children by ‘the Jew’, Fagin to engage in criminality and picking pockets on the streets of London in the 1830s. In Oliver Twist you had Oliver Twist … Read more
Are you an employer? If you have dismissed an employee you are almost certainly aware that a successful claim against you by your former employee can lead to an award of compensation of up to 2 years’ salary. But did you know that there are 2 other remedies that can be awarded if the employee’s … Read more