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 had been employed as a barperson for the Respondent, a pub operator, for 17 years prior (broken only by a period of “lay off” during the COVID-19 pandemic) to her alleged termination. This period of “lay-off” was alleged by the Respondent to be a break in the Complainant’s employment, thus making her consecutive period of service prior to the incidents in question less than one year and barring her from protection under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977.
On 17 March 2022, the Complainant was having a drink in the Respondent’s premises while not working and was involved in an altercation with a patron of the pub and was ultimately hit with a glass in the face.
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