Niall joined Edwards & Company in April 2022, leaving another Commercial Law Firm in Belfast, where I practiced Employment law for 14 years. Since qualifying as a solicitor in September 2008, Niall has been advising both employees and employers (both public, private and third sector organisations) in contentious and non-contentious areas of Employment law.
He is a member of the Employment Lawyers Group and a member of the Steering Committee of the Employment Lawyers Association, where he represents the needs of my fellow practitioners.
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A recent Employment Tribunal Judgment in England highlights the importance of fair redundancy practices and the protection of employees from age discrimination in the workplace.
In this case a former Lidl employee was awarded £50,000 for unfair dismissal and age discrimination. This case serves as a reminder to all employers that redundancy processes must be conducted fairly and reasonably, without disadvantaging employees based on criteria that disproportionately affect older workers.
Redundancy is one of five fair reasons in law that an employer may terminate an employee’s contract of employment. Not only must an employer follow a fair process, but it should also ensure that the selection or the selection criteria applied when terminating a contract of employment, are not related
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