Annual Review of Employment Law 2024 - Online and In Person

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Testimonials

"Engaging speakers who are experts in their areas. Each speaker was able to break down their subject to make it easily understandable and digestible - especially the more technical subjects such as pension." Deborah Wade, Executive Officer, Coimisiún na Meán

"The hybrid event worked super well and the quality and content of the speakers was extremely relevant and interesting." Conor Coppinger, HR Executive, The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI)

"The speakers were fantastic in illustrating their topics. Passion was evident and the contemporary topics examined will aid HR professionals in the approach to 2024." Saoirse Murphy, Talent Development and Diversity Officer, Dublin Bus

"The fact that I had the option to attend in person or online. And of course, Jennifer Cashman's sessions - I could attend a full day just of Jennifer. She is so knowledgeable and engaging." Shirley Delaney, Senior HR Officer, Megazyme Ltd

"Being able to log in, be part of the event both live and to review the information I was not able to attend." Karen Stace, Director, HR Connections Ltd 

"Having the option to choose the presentations you were most interest in (I tuned in online) and yet you were still given all resources afterwards to catch up on those you didn't get to attend on the day" Siobhan Dunne, HR Generalist, Collen Construction Ltd 

"Excellent conference, really informative and broad range of topics covered."
Andrea Swift, HR Generalist, Pat O'Donnell & Co

"Great conference - one stop shop for HR."
Kenny O' Brien, Operations Manager , Athlone Extrusions Ltd.

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Presenters

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  Adrian Twomey Partner

  Jacob and Twomey Solicitors LLP

  Adrian Twomey is a Corkman living happily in exile in County Wexford. He graduated from UCC and Trinity College Dublin and has more than 25 years of experience representing clients in the field of employment law. He has acted for many of the world's largest corporations, including airlines, banks and internet giants.

  Outside of the office, Adrian enjoys painting and other artistic endeavours and has an unhealthy fascination with German football.

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  Bláthnaid Evans Partner & Head of Employment Practice

  Ogier

  Bláthnaid has extensive experience in all areas of employment law, having trained in one of the leading trade union / employee firms and subsequently working in a top 5 law firm.

  She advises on all contentious and non-contentious issues, with substantial experience in advising clients before all employment law forums including the WRC, Labour Court and High Court for employment-related injunctions.

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  Caroline Reidy Managing Director

  The HR Suite

  Caroline Reidy runs The HR Suite who offer specialist tailored and effective human resources, employment law and business solutions to over 500 clients throughout Ireland. Many of which are SME’s who have no HR function and the HR Suite are their HR partner to advise them in this area.  The HR Suite also assist with complex investigations, training all areas of people management and skills development and representation at third party forums.  The HR Suite has offices in Dublin and Kerry.

  Caroline is a past Commissioner on the Low Pay Commission and is also an adjudicator in the Work Place Commission.  Caroline has completed a Masters in Human Resources in the University of Limerick and is a trained mediator. She is also the author of ‘The Art of Asking the Right Questions” that provides top tips to people managers throughout the employment journey. To mark 10 years in business in 2019 Caroline launched a children’s book ‘Celebrating You’ to advocate diversity and the importance of celebrating individuality in children. Caroline also contributes as a thought leader to national media, conference speaker and articles in national press. 

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  Ciara O'Kennedy Partner

  LK Shields

  Ciara is a partner in the Employment, Pensions and Employee Benefit team of LK Shields Solicitors, advising on both contentious and non-contentious employment issues with significant experience in  resolving complex and sensitive disputes involving senior executives and employee shareholders, to include the negotiation of senior management exits and advising on all aspects of corporate governance issues associated with such exits. Ciara’s work requires her to regularly represent clients before the High Court and the Work Place Relations Commission.

  Ciara is the current Chair of the Employment Committee of the Dublin Solicitor’s Bar Association and was influential in setting up this Committee in 2017. Ciara is also currently also a council member of the DSBA and is a member of Employment Law Association of Ireland and regularly lectures on topical employment issues.

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  Damien McCarthy HR Buddy

  Founder & Managing Director

  Damien McCarthy is an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and the Founder and Managing Director of HR Consultancy & HR Recruitment firm - HR Buddy.

  Damien is a regular contributor across print and broadcast media on HR, Employment law and workplace topics and issues.

  Damien founded HR Buddy, an outsourced HR & Payroll service consultancy, in 2017. The consultancy has clients across all industries in the Republic of Ireland.

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  Duncan Inverarity Partner, Head of Employment Law Practice Group

  A&L Goodbody

  Duncan is Head of A&L Goodbody's Employment Law Group and has practiced exclusively in the area of employment law and industrial relations in multiple jurisdictions. Duncan advises public and private sector employers on both contentious and non-contentious matters. He advises Boardrooms across Ireland and abroad on strategic and complex employment and industrial relations matters. Duncan also specialises in crisis management for clients and has advised on some of the most high profile corporate issues in Ireland. Duncan regularly appears for clients in the Workplace Relations Commission, the Circuit Court, the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. Duncan also acts for partnerships in mediated settlements and in proceedings in the High Court.

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  Dr Gerard McMahon Managing Director

  Productive Personnel Ltd

  Gerry McMahon is acknowledged as a national expert in the area of People Management and Employee Relations.  He has over 40 years’ practical experience working as an advisor/consultant in the area, across a range of sectors.  He also has extensive experience working as a consultant, trainer, facilitator, team builder, negotiator, adjudicator, mediator, coach, investigator, researcher, arbitrator and expert witness on behalf of a wide range of Government departments, public sector enterprises, semi-state entities, blue chip companies, professional institutes, trade unions, staff associations, employer and community/voluntary and religious organisations.

   

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  Ingrid Miley BL Barrister

  Ingrid Miley BL spent most of her career employed as a journalist for RTÉ, the public service broadcaster of the Republic of Ireland. From 2002 until her retirement in 2021, she held the specialist position of Industry and Employment Correspondent for RTÉ News. In this capacity, she covered issues related to employment and the economy ranging from public service pay negotiations, strikes, redundancies, interaction with social welfare issues, and the implications of the recent shift to remote working during the pandemic. She delivered coverage across multiple media strands, including television and radio news, the RTÉ website and social media.

  Since her retirement from RTÉ, Ms. Miley has been practicing as a barrister with a specialist interest in employment law.

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  Jennifer Cashman Partner, Head of Employment

  RDJ LLP

  Jennifer is Head of Employment and is also a member of the firm’s Healthcare and Cyber and Data Protection Teams. She is nationally regarded for her encyclopaedic knowledge of employment law and is the “go-to” advisor for corporate clients in both the public and private sector.

  Jennifer's key clients include scaling and established Irish companies in a variety of sectors, multinational companies in the technology, pharmaceutical, medical devices and diagnostics sectors and public authorities. Her focus is on working closely with her clients to provide commercial legal advice and practical, commercial solutions for their business.

  Strengthening the Team’s focus in the medical-technical sector, Jennifer is a member of RDJ’s Healthcare Team, acting for clients including pharmaceutical companies, health insurers, numerous medical device companies, and nursing homes. Advice includes regulatory and employment healthcare-specific issues, in respect of which Jennifer represents her clients before the Courts and the WRC/Labour Court.

  Jennifer is regularly invited to contribute as a key-note speaker at employment law and HR conferences, events and webinars for CIPD, and Legal-Island. She is a recognised thought-leader on various employment law and HR issues, in particular in the areas of retirement ages and age discrimination.

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  Linda Hynes Partner

  Lewis Silkin

  Linda is a Partner in the Employment, Immigration and Reward division based in Lewis Silkin's Dublin office. She is qualified to practice in Ireland, England & Wales. Linda is also the current chair of the Employment Law Association of Ireland and has an in-house employment counsel background. 

  Linda advises on all aspects of the employment law relationship from recruitment to termination and everything in between. Linda also advises multinationals and employers on changes to terms and conditions, unfair dismissals, payment of wages claims, restructuring and transfer of undertakings. Linda is also a workplace data protection expert and advises employers on all aspect of processing employee personal data to include advice on subject access requests, employee monitoring, privacy notices, retention and data protection complaints. 

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  Lorcan Keenan Partner & Head of Pensions

  Matheson

  Lorcan Keenan is a Partner and Head of Pensions at Matheson.  He advises on the establishment and ongoing operation of all types of Irish pension arrangements, including defined benefit schemes, defined contribution schemes and master trusts. His clients include a broad mix of employers across various industries, pension scheme trustees, and pension service providers. He has particular expertise advising on the pensions implications of corporate transactions, group restructurings and TUPE transfers.  His recent experience includes advising employers on the transition of their pension schemes to master trust, and on new governance requirements introduced by the IORP II Directive.  Lorcan previously worked as a pensions lawyer in the UK, where he advised clients on the introduction of the UK's automatic enrolment pensions regime in 2012.

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  Michelle Halloran Trainer

  MH Human Resource Management Services Solutions

  Michelle Halloran is an experienced Human Resource Management professional and an accredited workplace mediator providing training and consultancy services to organisations nationwide, in the Public and Private sector. She has spent a long career originally in executive and general management roles, then specialising in Human Resources management in Ireland, the UK and Europe, across various sectors including investment banking, information technology, manufacturing and services plus some time in the public sector, before starting her own HR consultancy business 17 years ago. Her key areas of expertise are in workplace investigations, disciplinary and performance management and employee relations, and the practical application of employment law in a HR context.

   

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  Niamh Gaffney Executive Coach & Facilitator

  KinchLyons

  Niamh is an award-winning organisational psychologist with KinchLyons – where psychology means business! She is passionate about helping people achieve sustainable, healthy high performance, supporting them through their challenges and empowering them to better navigate their changing landscapes.

   She is an experienced trainer, psychometrician and facilitator, as well as a licenced medical coach and certified Mental Health First Aider. Niamh holds a PCC level accreditation with the ICF and she is a member of CIPD, the PSI and the BPS. She is a recovering accountant with 15 years’ international senior leadership experience under her belt, and her commercial understanding allows her to connect with and empower clients across hierarchical and geographical lines.