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Employment Law

Employment law, and all its complexities, has undergone rapid change as businesses and work patterns have evolved in the 21st century.

At Hayes our Employment Law Department provides expert assistance and has extensive experience advising and representing both employers and employees in all types of contentious and non-contentious employment issues. We also provide in-house training and seminars to clients.

Our expertise ranges from advising on the employment consequences arising from commercial leases and redundancy situations to the difficulties and pitfalls that can occur in the workplace leading to complaints of bullying and harassment, which in turn can lead to the breakdown in relations, damage to the employee's health and an adverse impact (in management and financial terms) on the employer's business. With our expertise we devise strategies and solutions to resolve workplace difficulties. We do so for both employers and employees with emphasis on cost effectiveness, outcome and efficiency.

Our expertise includes advising on:-

  • Recruitment
    Interviews, selections and the impact of Employment Equality Legislation on the entire process of recruitment.
  • Contracts
    All types of contracts of employment, consultancy agreements and contracts for service.
  • Employment Relationship
    All matters arising from the employment relationship, from duty of care to issues of bullying and harassment, and statutory obligations, rights and entitlements.
  • Equality Claims
    Discrimination claims, equal pay and equality of terms and conditions of employment, sexual harassment and all other forms of harassment.
  • Health and Safety
    Health and safety issues and implementation of risk management initiatives.
  • Dismissals
    Disciplinary processes, termination of employment contracts, notice entitlements, unfair and constructive dismissals.
  • Dispute Resolution
    All types of disputes, industrial relations issues, grievance processes, workplace investigations and mediation.
  • Representation
    All hearings before the Courts, Rights Commissioners, the Labour Court, the Employment Appeals and Equality Tribunals, and the Regulatory Bodies for the professions eg Medical Council, An Bord Altranais etc. We also shadow internal procedures to ensure compliance with fair procedures.
  • Pensions
    Pension Schemes, Trust Deeds and Rules and the duties and obligations of Trustees.
  • Business
    Business transfers, outsourcing and restructures, including the rights and obligations of employers and employees on transfers.
  • Company Disputes
    All issues involving Executive Directors, Shareholders rights and Partnerships.
  • Maternity Protection
    Obligations of employers and rights of employees.
  • Restructures
    All types of restructures and reorganisation, lay-off, short-time and redundancies.
  • Litigation
    Breach of contract, injunctions and judicial reviews.
  • Trade Unions
    Membership of, rules and constitutions, secret ballots, industrial relations issues, amalgamations and transfer of engagements.

Team
Carol Fawsitt
Andrew O’Rorke
David Phelan
Breda O’Malley
Davnet O’Driscoll
Anne Lyne