WEBINAR: Employment Law in the Public Sector Annual Conference 6 April 2022

On Wednesday, 6 April, the ByrneWallace LLP Employment Law team, in association with Legal Island, are hosting our annual half day conference dealing with employment law developments in the public sector.

This event is specifically designed with public sector organisations in mind, and the topics for discussion on the day have been chosen based on feedback from HR professionals working in this sector. 

The full programme of topics is as follows:

Return to the Workplace: Protocols, Vaccines, Employee Refusals and Related Issues: 

• What to do if individuals clash over workplace safety protocols
• What to do if employees refuse to return to work or to work alongside, for example, unvaccinated colleagues
• How might health and safety complaints link to revised whistleblowing protections and limit your options?

The Right to Request Remote Working and Related Risk Issues: 

• Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022
• The essential elements of a remote working policy
• Management of working time, health and safety and other risk areas when working remotely

Recent Equality Law Developments:

• Gender Pay Gap reporting
• Reasonable accommodation in disability discrimination
• Recent harassment and discrimination case law 
• Other recent relevant developments

Employment Case Law Round-up:

• Supreme Court decision: Baranya v Rosderra Meats – Protected Disclosures
• High Court decision: Hennessy v Ladbrooks Payments – Settlement Agreements
• WRC Decision: Barbary Geraghty v The Revenue: Courts disapply Irish employment laws

Speakers from ByrneWallace LLP will include: 

• Michelle Ní Longáin, Partner and Head of Public Sector Group 
• Emmet Whelan, Partner, Employment Law
• Rhona Murphy, Consultant, Employment Law 
• Sheila Spokes, Solicitor, Employment Law

The webinar runs from 9.15am to 1pm. 

For more information on this event, contact events@byrnewallace.com