Siobhán Lafferty is a Senior Associate in the employment law team in Byrne Wallace Shields LLP and has a range of experience in both contentious and non-contentious employment matters. She regularly advises both employer and employee clients on issues arising from the beginning to the end of the employment relationship, regularly representing clients before the Workplace Relations Commission and in High Court proceedings.
The Government committed to a review of Irish equality legislation in June 2021. On 6 February 2025, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth published a review of Ireland’s equality legislation, particularly focusing on the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2021 and the Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2018. Arising from this review the General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Scheme (the “Scheme”) – was approved by the Government in November 2024 and published in February 2025. A general scheme in Irish law is an early stage in the legislative process, which broadly sets out what a full draft bill is expected to look like but is subject to change. The Scheme includes provisions to implement the EU
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