As a Senior Associate in the Employment team, Alison advises clients in the private and public sector in relation to all aspects of the employment relationship, contentious and non-contentious.
Alison provides on-going support to organisations on day to day employment law matters such as internal investigations, grievance and disciplinary issues and procedures, restructuring, redundancy, data protection, freedom of information, protected disclosures, immigration, and industrial relations issues.
Named a ‘Recommended Lawyer’ for employment law by the international legal directory, Legal 500 (2018 and 2021 editions) and part of the award winning Employment Law Team at the 2017 AIB Private Banking Law Awards.
Dermot advises on all legal issues arising out of the employment relationship including employment contracts, disciplinary and grievance issues, absenteeism and dismissal issues.
He is also experienced in the review and preparation of contracts of employment, bonus schemes, staff handbooks, advising on day to day HR queries, disciplinary matters, redundancy consultation, union representation, employment audits, immigration issues, TUPE, compromise agreements and employment issues in mergers and acquisitions.
Dermot leads the Employment team in Ireland and also provides representation in respect of defending all forms of employee claims including unfair dismissal and equality claims for his clients.
The Labour Court’s recent decision in Omniplex Cork Limited v Dylan O' Riordan is a significant reminder of the duty on employers to engage promptly and meaningfully with employee requests for reasonable accommodation. The Labour Court found that the employer had failed to properly facilitate the employee’s return to work, despite clear requests and occupational health recommendations, and increased the compensation award from €12,000 to €29,000 to provide an effective, proportionate and dissuasive remedy.
Background
The Complainant commenced employment with the Respondent in March 2022 as a part-time Supervisor. He was promoted to Head Supervisor within six months, before being appointed to the full-time role of Duty Manager in March 2023 and subsequently resigning in June 2024.
The Complainant, who
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