Waterford Chamber Skillnet Training

Course Title: HR & Employment Law - Expert Briefing

Duration: 2hrs

Speaker:Ria White, White HR Solutions & Sarah Lawn, Mason Hayes & Curran, Dublin

For the Trainee:

Sarah Lawn is a solicitor in the Employment Law & Benefits Team in Mason Hayes & Curran Solicitors, Dublin.

Sarah advises employers and employees on all aspects of employment, industrial relations and health and safety law. Sarah is the legal advisor on employment law matters to a wide range of clients including senior executives, start-ups, public bodies and large domestic and multi-national employers. These clients represent a wide variety of industries including mining, oil and gas, life sciences, information technology, retail and project management.

Sarah provides corporate clients with practical and commercially driven legal advice in relation to their obligations and duties under Irish employment law. Sarah advises companies on a daily basis in relation to drafting, implementation and training of employees in all workplace policies and procedures including health and safety policies and statements, bullying and harassment policies and procedures, disciplinary, grievance and social media policies. Sarah also advises companies on everyday workplace issues, including recruitment, performance improvement plans, protected disclosures, working time, protective leave, social media in the workplace, employees on long term sick leave, redundancy, and on the termination of the employment contract.

Sarah acts regularly for clients in proceedings before the Labour Relations Commission, the Employment Appeals Tribunal, the Equality Tribunal, and the Superior Courts.

Presentation Information

  • The recently enacted Protected Disclosures Act 2014 introduces a broad framework to enable workers to make protected disclosures in the workplace.
  • The objective of the 2014 Act is to provide a robust statutory framework to facilitate workers across every sector in raising concerns regarding potential wrongdoing in their place of work, safe in the knowledge that they can avail of significant protections if they are penalised by their employer or suffer any detriment for doing so.
  • The presentation will consider the scope of the legislation and how employers can effectively introduce and manage a whistleblowing process in compliance with the new regime.
  • Attendees will be provided with an overview and analysis of the main obligations for employers under the 2014 Act.
  • There will also be a discussion in relation to the extent of the protections and remedies afforded to workers under the 2014 Act.

Ria White is a business graduate of the University of Limerick where she undertook a degree in HRM and Law, she is also a Chartered member of the CIPD, a certified mediator, member of the Equality Authority’s SME Consultants panel, and member of Kilkenny and Wexford County Enterprise Board’s mentor panels. Ria has worked as a HR consultant providing training solutions and HR advice for 13 years.

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