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Employment Law at 11 - Here Comes the Sun: Holiday Leave Essentials for NI Employers
Published on: 04/08/2025
Issues Covered:
Annual Leave & Holiday Pay
Article Authors The main content of this article was provided by the following authors.
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.

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Employment Law at 11 regular Seamus McGranaghan of O’Reilly Stewart Solicitors and Christine Quinn, Knowledge Partner at Legal Island explore annual leave entitlements under NI employment law, including tricky issues such as carry-over rules, holiday during sick leave, pay in lieu of holidays at termination and the consequences for not maintaining good records.  

Get your HR team around the computer and use the webinars as monthly group learning opportunities. Ask any questions (on employment law) and hear the answers live or catch up later when we upload both a recording and a transcript of the discussion. Or catch up on Spotify, Amazon or Apple Music while you're on the go!
 

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Disclaimer The information in this article is provided as part of Legal Island's Employment Law Hub. We regret we are not able to respond to requests for specific legal or HR queries and recommend that professional advice is obtained before relying on information supplied anywhere within this article. This article is correct at 04/08/2025
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