In her day to day practice, Deirdre advises on all aspects of employment, equality and industrial relations law. Appearing regularly before the Workplace Relations Commission, the Courts and the Data Protection Commission on behalf of clients, Deirdre is an experienced, robust and practical advocate. In recent years, Deirdre developed a niche practice in the areas of employment and data protection with particular experience in dealing with contentious data subject access requests, employment related privacy data breaches, regulatory investigations by the Data Protection Commission and enforcement actions involving criminal sanctions in the data protection space.
Denise Moran is Senior Associate at Matheson.
Co-authors: Deirdre Crowley & Denise Moran
Although the 2020 Irish employment landscape was dominated by Covid-19, equality was also an ever-present theme. The virus itself made certain individuals, including the elderly and those with underlying medical conditions, more vulnerable. The tragic death of George Floyd triggered global mass protests against systemic racism and racial inequalities. Two years after the #MeToo movement erupted, 2020 saw the continued exposure of workplace sexual harassment. Diversity and Inclusion continues to be a board-level agenda item.
Employers are generally very familiar with their obligations under the Employment Equality Acts 1998 – 2015 but 2021 has seen a number of high-profile cases arising under the Equal Status Acts 2000 - 2015 (the “Acts”). Deirdre
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