Siobhán Lafferty is a Senior Associate in the employment law team in Byrne Wallace Shields LLP and has a range of experience in both contentious and non-contentious employment matters. She regularly advises both employer and employee clients on issues arising from the beginning to the end of the employment relationship, regularly representing clients before the Workplace Relations Commission and in High Court proceedings.
Variation of Employment Contracts ⚓︎
The issue of the variation of contracts is one which has become all the more important since March 2020. Employers have been forced to adapt in order to overcome the obstacles that have been presented by the Covid-19 pandemic. This has involved making difficult decisions on how the businesses operate and there have been a number of measures which employers have tried to take to do so through, for example, pay cuts, lay-off and short term working arrangements. The question therefore arises as to the legality of making such changes to an employee’s contract - especially without the consent of the employees who the changes will impact.
Whilst it might be the case that there
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