Deirdre leads EY Law Ireland’s employment law team, advising clients on day-to-day employment law queries arising at every stage of the employment relationship. She also advises on strategic workforce planning, workforce restructuring and HR transactions providing straightforward, practical solutions to her clients.
Deirdre is a longstanding member of the Law Society of Ireland’s Employment and Equality Committee. In January 2025, she was appointed to the Employment Law Review Group (ELRG) by the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to support with the ELRG’s function to monitor, review and advise on all aspects of employment and redundancy law in Ireland, with a specific focus on promoting good workplace relations and simplifying the operation of employment and redundancy law.
Combining employment law expertise with a commercial and solution-driven focus, Deirdre is highly regarded by clients. She is ranked by Chambers and Partners (Europe Edition) and Legal 500 for her work in employment law.
In this month’s EY Law Insight, Deirdre Malone, Associate Partner, and Laura Ryan, Solicitor, in the Employment Team at EY Law, update their previous article on the Directive, and look at the recently published EU (Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions) Regulations (“the Regulations”), explaining what employers need to do to immediately update their standard terms and conditions of employment.
What is the purpose of the Regulations?
The Regulations support improved transparency in working conditions for almost all employees. Those not protected are a limited group of employees (less than four weeks’ service and a working week of three hours or less).
Ireland already has strong legislative protection in place for employees regarding their written terms of employment. These
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