If you are going to engage the services of a solicitor in a legal dispute-for example an employment matter which will be dealt with by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC)-make sure you give your solicitor all the facts. Good and bad. Full and complete instructions. Before the hearing. Preferably long before the hearing. The time… Continue reading Instructing a solicitor? Give him/her the full and complete story
Tag: employment law
Approaching an employment law claim from the wrong place and direction
I’m often contacted by employees who nurse an enormous sense of grievance towards their employer. The grievance and implacable determination to visit some type of hurt or damage on the employer may arise from a single incident, for example a disciplinary procedure or a disappointment concerning a new position or a pay rise. Or it… Continue reading Approaching an employment law claim from the wrong place and direction
Employers needlessly losing unfair dismissal case
One of the recurrent themes in successful unfair dismissal claims by employees is the matter of fair procedures and process. A large number of cases are lost by employers not on account of a want of justification for the dismissal. But as a consequence of failing to apply proper, or any, procedures in the process… Continue reading Employers needlessly losing unfair dismissal case
Day 3 of the WRC hearing-is this the best system for employment claims?
It looked like a straightforward unfair dismissal case. But today is the 3rd day of the WRC hearing. When you quote a person for your services for a WRC claim you do your best to give a competitive quotation. Some work out, some don’t. When a case goes on for three days, and you commit… Continue reading Day 3 of the WRC hearing-is this the best system for employment claims?
“Employment Law in Ireland”-Kindle Countdown Price Promotion Starts Today
I have a Kindle countdown deal price promotion starting this morning at 8 am. Every 6 months Amazon will allow you to do a “countdown deal” to promote your book(s) on Amazon. This countdown deal is a time limited price promotion. My deal starts this morning on my book, “Employment Law in Ireland: The Essentials… Continue reading “Employment Law in Ireland”-Kindle Countdown Price Promotion Starts Today