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Dealing with Excess – TOIL – How Do We Handle This?
Published on: 07/02/2020
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Seamus McGranaghan Director – Commercial, Education, Employment & Licensing, O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors
Seamus McGranaghan Director – Commercial, Education, Employment & Licensing, O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors
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Seamus McGranaghan qualified as a Solicitor in O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors in 2003 and is an experienced Commercial Lawyer dealing with employment, commercial and education cases.

He has experience in the Industrial Tribunal representing both Claimants and Respondents and has provided seminars in relation to particular areas of employment law. Seamus is the only member of the Education and Law Association in Northern Ireland. He specialises in advising schools and colleges on policy matters, employment issues and student welfare. He is also responsible for the Education Law Quarterly Review.

In addition to having contributed at Legal Island’s Education Updates since 2010, Seamus in association with Legal Island provides a live “Employment Law @ 11” webinar on the first Friday of each month, dealing with all aspects of Employment law affecting Northern Irish employers.

"I have recently joined a start-up company as HR. During that time, 5 employees have built up to between 12 and 15 weeks' time in lieu. I have, as I see it, exceptional circumstances as they were in the start-up, but I need them to get rid of this time in lieu before the fiscal year 2020 starts. What do you suggest would be the best approach? The employees are Chinese working for a China company in Ireland". In this case, in Northern Ireland.

So supposing you're in a similar circumstance and apply the circumstances here .;.;. there's no 48-hour opt-out in Ireland, so assume that we've got that in Northern Ireland. What's the situation?

Seamus: You have 12 to

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