Paul D Maier is a barrister specialising in the law of work, labour, and employment. Based in Dublin, Ireland, he is a member of the Law Library, having been called to the Bar in 2022.
Paul represents both employers and employees at all levels of the Courts, as well as before the Labour Court and the Workplace Relations Commission. He is a qualified arbitrator and is frequently commissioned to lead independent investigations and disciplinary procedures for organisations. Additionally, he is regularly engaged to provide legal advice and opinions on employment law and related matters.
Paul serves as the Editor of the Irish Employment Law Journal and Employment Law Report, and he is the Treasurer of the Employment Bar Association.
Background:
The Complainant was a general operative of the Respondent company from 2 September 2019 until his date of dismissal, 1 July 2021. On 25 June 2021, the Complainant was at a company barbecue with a “work bubble” of colleagues. The Complainant admitted at the time of hearing that he was intoxicated at the event and made racist comments to his colleagues, which was a multi-national group that included a colleague from Jamaica. The Respondent also alleges the Complainant made inappropriate comments about homosexuals. The Complainant says his comments were not meant to cause offense, and his colleagues laughed at the comments he made. He said his Jamaican colleague was not upset or offended and “fist bumped”
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