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 mistakes have you seen in practice regarding the reporting of wrong-doing by a bystander? What mistakes do employers typically make at this stage that gets them into hot water further down the line?
Seamus: Well, the big mistake is the denial and the ignoring of it and employers not investigating complaints whenever they're raised. The onus, as we said earlier, and the sort of legislative onus is on the employer to take these allegations seriously and to make sure that they are investigated. Sometimes there can be a brushing it under the carpet.
And we do talk at times around grievances and resolving grievances informally, bringing the parties in at an early stage, trying to resolve it, but that's
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