Jennifer Cashman has more than 20 years’ specialist experience advising a wide range of employers across a number of sectors. Recognised as a Leading Individual in Irish Employment Law in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 Europe and is also recommended as a Leading Lawyer (Band 1) in Chambers Europe. Recognised thought-leader on various employment law and HR issues, in particular retirement ages and age discrimination. Clients praise Jennifer for her “practical, business-focused advice” and say “she gives "straight answers to straight questions… clearly very experienced and her delivery is fantastic - always clear and to the point."
Following her extremely popular, "Review of the Year" sessions at our Annual Review 2023, Jennifer Cashman, RDJ LLP, takes the time to answer additional questions asked below...
Topic: Employment Contracts and Terms & Conditions
Q. Within a contract of employment, can you state that the notice period for employees is 2 months if they wish to leave, but only 1 month if the company is terminating employment?
A. Yes, an employer can choose either the statutory notice periods (which for an employee giving notice is always one week and for the employer giving notice, it differs depending on the length of service of the employee) or contractual notice periods (which for the employer giving notice should be longer than
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