Duncan Inverarity is a former a partner and Head of A&L Goodbody's Employment Law group and practiced exclusively in the area of employment law and industrial relations in multiple jurisdictions. Duncan advised public and private sector employers on both contentious and non-contentious matters. He advised Board rooms across Ireland and abroad on strategic and complex employment and industrial relations matters. Duncan also specialised in crisis management for clients and advised on some of the most high profile corporate issues in Ireland. Duncan regularly appeared for clients in the Workplace Relations Commission, the Circuit Court, the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. Duncan also acted for partnerships in mediated settlements and in proceedings in the High Court.
Duncan now works as an Employment Mediator (CEDR Accredited) and Investigator.
The Complainant challenged TikTok’s refusal of a full-time remote working request linked to past road traffic accidents and a long commute. TikTok relied on the contractual requirement that the Dublin office was the place of work and argued the request had been properly considered under the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023.
The Complainant brought a complaint against the Respondent for alleged unlawful treatment in relation to a remote working request.
The Complainant submitted a full-time remote working request, based on serious road traffic collisions in 2020, and a lengthy commute he had from Monaghan to Dublin.
The Complainant claimed that TikTok had not treated his request for remote working in a lawful manner.
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