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Essentials of Employment Law in Ireland
Wednesday, 04 June 2025
09:15 - 13:00 ( 3 hours 45 mins )
Online
2 Half Days - 4th & 5th June
Gain a solid understanding of Ireland-specific employment law in this interactive 2 x half-day online course. Led by expert trainers, the course covers key topics like contracts, disciplinary procedures, dismissals, and grievances, with practical exercises and e-learning resources to reinforce learning.
Essentials of Employment Law
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4th June 2 Half Days - 4th & 5th June
Online Zoom
€445.00 Early bird ends 30th April 2025 at 5:00pm. Standard rate: €495.00 Charity and Small Business rate also available
Overview

Navigate Ireland's Employment Laws with Confidence  

The Essentials of Employment Law online course is specifically designed to give attendees a thorough grounding in the main components of Irish employment law.  With so many changes taking place in today’s workplaces, including blended working, an understanding of core employment laws is now more important than ever before.

This is an interactive 2 x half-day course, delivered by a team of highly experienced employment law experts.  The sessions will be supported by a comprehensive pack of notes on Irish employment law as well as a number of practical exercises throughout the sessions to help enforce learning.  The online sessions will also be complemented with access to a number of additional e-learning programmes aimed to help supplement attendees’ understanding of Employment Laws in Ireland.

What are the learning outcomes?

By the end of this course, attendees will:

  • Have a clear understanding of the key points and principles of employment law in ROI.
  • Understand the concept of natural justice in disciplinary and grievance procedures.
  • Understand the importance of following organisational policies and procedures.
  • Be able to understand and handle common workplace scenarios, having learnt through worked examples.

What will be covered?

  • Sources of employment law and the roles of the Workplace Relations Commission
  • Contracts of employment
  • Employment equality and discrimination issues
  • Fair procedures in discipline and dismissals
  • Key developments in employment law

Additional learning aids:

In addition to attending the live sessions with our experts, attendees will have exclusive access to the following e-learning programmes to complete in their own time:

  • Whistleblowing Awareness in the Workplace
  • Data Protection in the Workplace
  • Diversity & Inclusion in the Workplace

Who should attend this event?

Anyone with a need to know the main building blocks of Irish employment law including HR Managers, Supervisors, line managers, In-house Lawyers and Legal & HR Advisers. Ideal for those new to employment law or seeking a refresher course. 

This training is not suitable for those with extensive knowledge of Irish employment law.

Why should you attend this event?

The Essentials of Employment Law online course is specifically designed to give attendees a thorough grounding in the main components of Irish employment law.  An understanding of core Irish-specific employment laws is more important than ever before.

Testimonials

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Here's what our previous attendees had to say.

"It was really simple to understand and to follow. Loads of information provided and notes were provided to understand what was discussed"
Caz Morgan HR Coordinator, Stantec
"Good knowledgeable speakers, a range of great topics."
Michaela Willis HR Manager, Sherwin Williams
Presenters
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Marian Jennings Specialist in Employment & Business Law
Marian Jennings Specialist in Employment & Business Law
Marian jennings

Marian is an experienced Law Lecturer, with a specialist offering developed over 20 years, in Employment and Business Law. She offers the combined value of a proven track record in academia together with professional private practice/in-house legal roles and significant board, governance and organisational management experience in the community and voluntary sector.

Grace Lee Associate, Lewis Silkin
Grace Lee Associate, Lewis Silkin
Grace lee

Grace is an Associate on the Employment Team at Lewis Silkin.

Grace supports employers from various sectors on all aspects of employment law. She advises employers on a range of contentious and non-contentious employment issues. Her expertise includes advising on day-to-day general employment law issues such as redundancy processes, employment contracts, company policies and handbooks, advising on settlement negotiations and disciplinary and grievance procedures.

Grace also assists with claims for unfair dismissal, discrimination, and other employment law claims before the Workplace Relations Commission, the Labour Court, the Circuit and High Courts.

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Dr Gerry McMahon MD, Productive Personel Ltd
Dr Gerry McMahon MD, Productive Personel Ltd
Gerry Mc Mahon headshot 2025

Gerry McMahon is an acknowledged national expert in People Management.  He has over 35 years’ experience - as a workplace investigator (on bullying/harassment/ disciplinary/dismissal/grievance issues), trainer, negotiator, facilitator, mediator, arbitrator and team builder - across a wide range of employment sectors.

In 2015 he was appointed as an Adjudicator at the W.R.C., and is also the author of Legal Island’s ‘How To’ series, offering best practice H.R. guidance to professionals. In addition to lecturing in H.R. at the T.U.D., he has addressed numerous conferences and led many training programmes, run by Legal Island, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and SKILLNETS and is the M.D. of the H.R. training and advisory company Productive Personnel Ltd.

Gerry has also had an extensive range of books and articles published and been a columnist with the Industrial Relations News, Irish Times, Sunday Business Post, and Irish Independent and expert commentator on H.R./Employee Relations for R.T.E. and TV3/Virgin. He has also served on numerous Legal Island and C.I.P.D. judging panels and is a Council member of the Irish Association for Industrial Relations.

Telephone: 087 247 1415; Email: ppllgerry@gmail.com

Síobhra Rush Partner, Lewis Silkin
Síobhra Rush Partner, Lewis Silkin
Siobhra rush

Síobhra is a Partner in the Employment, Immigration and Reward department and head of the Dublin office at Lewis Silkin.

She has practised employment law for more than twenty years and has expertise in a wide range of employment law issues, both contentious and non-contentious. She also advises international clients establishing in Ireland – including on contracts of employment, handbooks policies and procedures. She has advised on internal commercial re-organisations, transfer of undertakings, employment issues and the employment provisions in commercial transactions and has represented clients in all adjudicatory bodies in Ireland including the Workplace Relations Commission, the Labour Court, the Circuit and High Courts and the Court of Appeal.

She is consistently ranked in the Chambers Europe legal directory, where she is described by a client as "responsive, proactive and pragmatic, as well as solution-oriented."

Niamh Crotty Senior Associate, Lewis Silkin
Niamh Crotty Senior Associate, Lewis Silkin
Niamh crotty

Niamh is a senior associate in Lewis Silkin’s Employment, Immigration and Reward division based in Dublin.

Niamh advises on the full range of day to day employment matters, such as contract and policy reviews, providing support with investigations, grievances and disciplinary processes, advising on severance negotiations and other employee relations matters. She also has experience advising on large collective redundancy processes and acting for employers defending employee claims in the WRC and Labour Court. She was previously based in Lewis Silkin’s London office.

She is particularly interested in the future of work and supports Lewis Silkin's innovative Future of Work Hub initiative which aims to support organisations in their horizon-scanning to enable them to see ahead, identify and anticipate future opportunities and challenges and evaluate how best to respond. She is currently a part-time student of Dublin City University's MSc in Work and Organisational Behaviour.

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