Duncan Inverarity is a former a partner and Head of A&L Goodbody's Employment Law group and practiced exclusively in the area of employment law and industrial relations in multiple jurisdictions. Duncan advised public and private sector employers on both contentious and non-contentious matters. He advised Board rooms across Ireland and abroad on strategic and complex employment and industrial relations matters. Duncan also specialised in crisis management for clients and advised on some of the most high profile corporate issues in Ireland. Duncan regularly appeared for clients in the Workplace Relations Commission, the Circuit Court, the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. Duncan also acted for partnerships in mediated settlements and in proceedings in the High Court.
Duncan now works as an Employment Mediator (CEDR Accredited) and Investigator.
The High Court revived key European Works Council rights, ruling Verizon disputes over expert funding and collective complaints were wrongly narrowed under Irish law implementing the EU Directive.
The case arose from disputes concerning the operation of a European Work Council (EWC) for Verizon Communications Inc, which operates under the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Act 1996 (TICEA) implementing Directive 2009/38/EC (the Directive). Two Labour Court determinations were appealed on points of law.
- an invoice dispute (TID241) concerning whether central management must fund expert assistance obtained by the EWC Select Committee from the EWC Academy;
- a training dispute (TID242) concerning whether Verizon was obliged to fund Mr. Charpentier’s attendance at external training in Hamburg in September 2021
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