Employment
Europe Guide 2024 : Ireland
Band 2
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Provided by Hayes solicitors LLP
Hayes Employment Law Group is renowned for its excellence, providing clients with practical, user friendly, strategic, commercial options to their employment issues. Hayes advises on individual and collective employment matters, from recruitment to termination, including post termination risk issues. Hayes offers services across several sectors, public and private, supporting organisations in:-
- Restructuring & Redundancy
- Equality & Diversity
- Outsourcing/changing service providers - Transfer Regulations
- Mediation/dispute resolution/litigation
- Investigator of workplace conduct/whistleblowing issues
- Industrial relations/trade disputes/industrial action
- EWC/ & EEF local expert advisors
- Performance management/dismissals
- Capacity/Disability
- Enforcement of Restrictive Covenants & Confidentiality
- Data protection
- Corporate transactions – due diligence/drafting indemnities
- Partnership law issues
Our Employment Law Partners are centrally involved in expert leadership groups in Irish employment law - Anne Lyne is Chair of the Irish Employment Law Association and Breda O'Malley is a member of the Irish Law Society Expert Group on Employment & Equality Law and is also on the Council of the Irish Commercial Mediation Association.
Chambers Review
Hayes solicitors has a strongly rated group advising on a range of employment matters, including the implementation of workforce reorganisations or redundancies on behalf of clients needing to downsize or to relocate employees. The team has experience on both the plaintiff and employer sides of unfair dismissal claims. It advises on disciplinary and discrimination claims and assists with litigation seeking to enforce restrictive covenants against former executives. Lawyers at the firm act for a mixture of multinational corporations, charities and state organisations.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Hayes solicitors are excellent at dealing with complex, complicated matters. They engage with us and seek to ensure that the facts are broken down in a clear and transparent manner."
"Their advice is very thorough and they bring not only their legal expertise but also a deep understanding of our business to ensure the proposed solutions work from a legal and commercial point of view."
"Hayes solicitors always respond very quickly and are always readily available to provide expert advice."
"Hayes solicitors are excellent at dealing with complex, complicated matters. They engage with us and seek to ensure that the facts are broken down in a clear and transparent manner."
"Their advice is very thorough and they bring not only their legal expertise but also a deep understanding of our business to ensure the proposed solutions work from a legal and commercial point of view."
"Hayes solicitors always respond very quickly and are always readily available to provide expert advice."
Notable Practitioners
Breda O'Malley represents both employers and plaintiffs in a range of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters. She is particularly experienced in cross-border transfer and reorganisation matters.
"Breda O'Malley provides quick, practical and commercial advice and is very client-centric. She is a top-class employment lawyer."
"Breda provides unrivalled responsiveness. She goes the extra mile to deliver for her clients while protecting their best interests, and she is commercially astute."
"Her advice is always solid and brings a great balance of both commercial and legal points of view. She supports our team in navigating some very complex matters and is a definite go-to for all legal matters and advice."
Anne Lyne is particularly active in discrimination cases relating to age and gender, offering additional experience in workplace injury and unfair dismissal claims. She also advises on disciplinary processes and restructuring-related employment issues. Her clients include trade unions in addition to entities in the retail and education sectors.
"Anne Lyne provides clear information and is open to discussions to support decision-making."
"Anne is an exceptional solicitor and adviser. Her level of expertise across all realms of employment law is astounding, and her ability to convey this information in a clear and reasoned manner at every opportunity is very helpful."
"Anne is very measured in her approach to complex employment matters and provides incredibly sound advice."
Niamh Cassidy is active on a variety of employment matters on both the contentious and non-contentious sides. She assists with matters ranging from employee transfers, reorganisations and redundancy to discrimination claims and contested dismissals.
"Niamh can quickly understand the issue being put to her and so can provide faster and more applicable advice."
"Niamh provides great service in complex employment law cases with company exposure risks."
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