Jennifer O’Neill is a Consultant in the Byrne Wallace Shields LLP Employment Law Team.
Jennifer is an experienced employment law practitioner with considerable expertise advising clients on general employment law compliance issues. Jennifer provides both domestic and international clients with ongoing employment law support to include drafting and reviewing contracts and policies, advising on arrangements with independent contractors, advising on working time, leave arrangements, terminations, disciplinary and grievance procedures, compromise agreements and redundancies.
In particular, Jennifer’s experience includes advising and assisting with employment issues arising on the acquisition or sale of a business or corporate entity. This includes conducting due diligence reviews and risk analysis exercises and negotiating warranty and indemnity protection in asset and share purchase agreements. Jennifer regularly advises clients on the implications of the transfer of undertakings regulations, whether on the outsourcing of services or the lease or sale of a business and assists employers with the related consultation and employee benefit issues.
The Employment Permits Act 2024 came into effect on Monday, 2 September 2024. It consolidates and updates the existing employment permits legislation, with the aim of creating a more flexible and up to date system.
Many of the changes illustrate the intention of the Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment (the Minister) to bring the permit system in line with modern labour market practices and to enhance the operational features of the employment permit system, bringing benefits for employers and permit holders.
We have summarised below some of the key changes:
- A change to the Labour Market Needs Test, which is required as part of the application process for certain permits, means that advertising a job vacancy in a printed
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