Gerry McMahon is an acknowledged national expert in People Management. He has over 35 years’ experience - as a workplace investigator (on bullying/harassment/ disciplinary/dismissal/grievance issues), trainer, negotiator, facilitator, mediator, arbitrator and team builder - across a wide range of employment sectors. He is the M.D. of the H.R. training and advisory company Productive Personnel Ltd.
Gerry has also had an extensive range of books and articles published and been a columnist with the Industrial Relations News, Irish Times, Sunday Business Post, and Irish Independent and expert commentator on H.R./Employee Relations for R.T.E. and TV3/Virgin. He has also served on numerous Legal Island and C.I.P.D. judging panels and is a Council member of the Irish Association for Industrial Relations.
Contact: Tel. 087-2471415; E-Mail: ppl1gerry@gmail.com
The subject of employee representation and associated rights has long been a matter of tension in Irish employee relations. Going forward, this tension is likely to increase, as trade unions avail of Ireland’s Presidency of the European Union (EU) to lobby for collective bargaining rights and the EU itself continues to progress Directives of significant relevance to representation rights (e.g. pay transparency). Alongside these developments, a selection of political parties has committed to enhancing trade union bargaining rights should they ever secure Governmental status.
Of course, the value of employee representation at work – whether it be via a staff representative group or a union - should not be underestimated, as it can bring advantages to all parties. That
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