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.
What is your view on precautionary suspension when you have an allegation of sexual harassment? Would you suspend the alleged perpetrator?
Seamus: I mean, I think that the code of practice around suspension contained in the disciplinary and grievance policy and procedure, you have to look at everything in the round. You can't just jump in and say, "It's a suspension". Suspension should be used where the continued presence of the person would put the investigation or anybody else at risk, or alternatively, where that's going to impede or prevent you being able to carry out a fair investigation.
Suspensions are precautionary, and they are not punitive. They're not seen to be a punishment. They are simply precautionary, and the
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