Legal Pitfalls in Conducting an Interview
Published on: 09/04/2019
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Laura Graham Partner, Reddy Charlton Solicitors
Laura Graham Partner, Reddy Charlton Solicitors
Laura graham

As an employment law specialist, Laura has significant experience in assisting employers and employees on the full range of legal issues that may arise during the employment relationship.

As well as providing advice on day-to-day issues such as employment contracts, managing grievance and disciplinary issues, workplace leave, restrictive covenants and reorganisations, Laura also has strong experience in advising on redundancy, transfer of undertaking situations, and contentious employment disputes before the Workplace Relations Commission and the Irish Courts.

Complimentary to her employment practice, Laura has extensive practical experience of professional discipline and regulation in relation to a range of areas including accountants (such as ACCA, CPA and ICAI), sporting associations and people (including dispute resolution and anti-doping rule violations) and health professionals.  Laura also advises on Child Protection issues and data protection compliance from an employment perspective.

A badly conducted interview or a selection process which does not conform to good practice can be vulnerable to a claim of discrimination.  In this article Laura Graham, Partner in the Commercial and Employment Law Department at Reddy Charlton Solicitors, outlines some of the essential ‘do’s' and ‘don'ts' of conducting recruitment interviews.

Under the Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2015 (‘the Acts’), interview candidates are protected against discrimination during the recruitment and selection process.

Interview candidates can make a data access request, requesting access to any personal data held about them. That personal data may include notes made during the interview and selection process.

Employment Equality Legislation   ⚓︎

The Acts prohibit direct and indirect discrimination on any of

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Disclaimer The information in this article is provided as part of Legal Island's Employment Law Hub. We regret we are not able to respond to requests for specific legal or HR queries and recommend that professional advice is obtained before relying on information supplied anywhere within this article. This article is correct at 09/04/2019
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