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.
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Enoch Burke’s ongoing disagreement with Wilson’s Hospital School has provoked much by way of media attention, public discourse and third-party proceedings. However, it is noteworthy that the issue of philosophical beliefs and conscientious objections at work has a long history. And – like Mr. Burke - there is no prospect that it will be going away any time soon.
Indeed, supporters of his disposition point to one’s right to ‘conscientious objection’ as enshrined in the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights, alongside the Irish Constitution’s provision, that also provides protection for the right to freedom of conscience. Whilst some sources are also quick to recall that a 7-year legal battle against a Belfast bakery for refusing to bake a cake emblazoned
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