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Christine and Seamus discuss your employment law queries live in our webinar series, “Employment Law at 11”. This month it's an NI Case Law Special. Seamus and Christine will unpack the lessons to be learnt from 3 recent NI cases: 1. Watson v Police Service of Northern Ireland [2024] - failure to disclose information during the recruitment process. 2. Bond v Chief Constable of the PSNI [2023]...

Christine Quinn , Legal Island and Seamus McGranaghan, O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors, are BACK to discuss your employment law queries live in our webinar series, “Employment Law at 11”. This month they discuss: Equality Matters Special 1. Neurodiversity in the workplace Recent CIPD research shows that 1 in 5 neurodivergent employees have experienced harassment or discrimination at work, and onl...

Christine and Seamus and up to 500 participants as they discuss your employment law queries in our webinar series, “Employment Law at 11”. This month they discuss: 1.NEW YEAR, NEW LAW - Working Time Regulations The amended Working Time Regulations came into force on 1st January 2024 – they provide express rights to carry over unused holiday, codify the caselaw in the area and clarify what amounts...

Digital transformation expert Kieran Gilmurray shares the ten steps you need to take to implement AI successfully in your HR department. From setting clear business objectives to expanding AI into every relevant HR area and business role, and much more in between. 

Julie Holmes from Legal Island and Ryan Calvert , Head of Human Resources, Sales and Marketing Recruitment from MCS, provide an annual recruitment wrap-up, where Ryan delved into the latest recruitment trends in roles, pay and sector differentiators. Essential viewing to stay up-to-date with recruitment insights to gain a competitive edge in the talent market. By understanding the latest trends an...

Christine Quinn, Legal Island and Seamus McGranaghan, O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors, are BACK to discuss your employment law queries in this Employment Law at 11 podcast. The GB Worker Protection Act: Northern Ireland employment legislation is increasingly diverging from GB legislation and blanket coverage of English and Welsh law in HR publications makes it difficult to weed out what does and...

Julie Holmes discusses your employment-related questions with Seamus McGranaghan from the employment team at O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors. As schools close their doors for the summer break, employers face a unique set of challenges. Seamus tackles hot topics such as the ongoing tug of war between employers and employees about returning to the office, navigating childcare obligations, supportin...

Seamus McGranaghan from the employment team at O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors and Christine Quinn from Legal Island discuss 3 big NI cases that you need to keep on your HR radar! 1. Molloy v D&W Carlisle Ltd [2023] NIIT 25132/21 A failure to follow isolation guidance during the pandemic constituted gross misconduct due to health and safety failings by an employee. 2. McDade v Norman Emerson...

Join Christine Quinn, Knowledge Partner, Legal Island, and Seamus McGranaghan, Partner, O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors as they discuss: Bullying and harassment - tackling bullying and harassment in the workplace is both a legal and moral obligation for HR. The recent scandal surrounding young McDonalds' employees and the issues in BBC NI surrounding the alleged circulation of questionable v...

October is Cyber Security month! Government statistics reveal that a staggering 39% of businesses experienced a cyber-attack last year. 74% of all data breaches can be traced back to human error. It’s not enough to rely on your IT team, HR should be front and centre in the fight to protect data and in making sure that all employees know their responsibilities. Employment Law at 11 regulars, Seamus...

Did you know that Legal Island celebrates its 25th Birthday this Summer? And Seamus has been doing Employment Law at 11 with us since September 2017! Hard to believe! So, in celebration of our long-standing partnership, we bring you some of Seamus’ Greatest Hits – the topics and conversations that you engaged with the most. Where are we now with them? Have things changed? And if so, is it for the...

Seamus McGranaghan from the employment team at O'Reilly Stewart solicitors and Christine Quinn from Legal Island discuss: The Windsor Framework – does it extinguish the promised ‘Bonfire of Worker’s Rights’, in NI at least? The New Vento bands – what are they and what do they mean for you? Hub subscriber question – This question is put to us time and again in many ways, so we thought we’d ask...

Seamus McGranaghan from the employment team at O'Reilly Stewart solicitors and Christine Quinn from Legal Island  discuss: 1.HR – putting the ‘Social’ into ESG!  Environmental, Social and Governance, or ESG as it’s known, is the big buzz word in industry at the moment. But it’s more than just a passing trend and HR play a pivotal role in its success. Seamus discusses: •             What is ES...

In this months Employment Law at 11, Seamus McGranaghan from the employment team at O'Reilly Stewart solicitors and Christine Quinn from Legal Island discuss: 1. Office etiquette during flu season – Covid-19 is on the rise, flu season is upon us and bugs are doing the rounds in schools across the country – so how can you help ensure a healthy workforce without ruffling legal feathers? Can you...

Christine Quinn from Legal Island and Seamus McGranaghan Director, O’Reilly Stewart, will discuss your questions on “Working or Shirking from Home?” and Christmas Party conundrums. Did you attend Seamus’ session at the Annual Review? If so, Christine will ask all your burning questions that he didn’t get to on the day. If not, now’s your chance to get involved, pose some questions, and catch up on...

Grab your lunch and join Julie Holmes, Knowledge Partner at Legal Island and Ryan Calvert, Manager of HR Recruitment for UK and Ireland, as they continue to discuss the key trends emerging in HR recruitment. In the current labour market, candidates can have their cake and eat it too. How can your organisation choose the best candidates and more importantly, keep hold of them? Join Ryan as he provi...

Join Christine Quinn from Legal Island and Seamus McGranaghan of O’Reilly Stewart who discuss: 1. A new Chancellor, a mini budget and a “bonfire of worker’s rights” on the horizon – what do the changes mean for employers? From IR35 reversal, income tax cuts and an EU legislation “sunset clause”– Seamus sorts the facts from the fiction and explains what you need to know. 2. Quiet Quitting – a new t...

Christine Quinn from Legal Island will discuss your employment-related questions with Seamus McGranaghan from the employment team at O'Reilly Stewart solicitors. 1.Real wages fell at a record rate between April and June as the cost-of-living crisis took hold and inflation slashed the value of workers’ pay, official figures show. When the effect of rising prices is considered, pay including bo...

Grab your lunch and join Julie Holmes, Knowledge Partner at Legal Island and Ryan Calvert, Manager of HR Recruitment for UK and Ireland, as they continue to discuss the key trends emerging in HR recruitment. Using applications or CVs is like comparing apples to oranges for the purposes of recruitment – how do you keep your campaign from going pear shaped? Some would say applications are what emplo...

 Christine Quinn from Legal Island and Seamus McGranaghan, Director, O'Reilly Stewart solicitors will discuss: 1 . Extreme Political Views - How Do I Handle It? Seamus deals with an awkward issue – “It has been brought to my attention by a concerned employee that we have a member of staff who has extreme political views. The individual regularly expresses and discusses his views around antise...

Christine Quinn from Legal Island and Seamus McGranaghan from O'Reilly Stewart solicitors will be joined by Mark McAllister of the Labour Relations Agency and discuss: 1.Strikes, rising costs and union busting  - you’d be forgiven for thinking we’ve jumped in a DeLorean and headed back to the 1980s when reading newspaper headlines at the minute – but it looks like we may be revving up for som...

In the second instalment of a series of webinars discussing comparative laws on the island of Ireland and GB, Lewis Silkin and Legal Island will discuss equality laws in GB, NI and ROI including: An analysis of the types of discrimination claims across GB, NI and ROI – what are the trends or similarities? The gulf between equality laws in GB and NI has widened since the introduction of the GB Equa...

Grab your lunch and join Rolanda Markey, Learning and Development Team at Legal Island and Ryan Calvert, Manager of HR Recruitment for UK and Ireland, as they discuss the key trends emerging in HR recruitment. Ryan serves up some digestible golden nuggets of information and guidance that will leave you feeling satisfied and refreshed! MCS Help people find careers that match their skill sets perfec...

Christine Quinn from Legal Island and Seamus McGranaghan of O’Reilly Stewart will discuss: 1. The new guidance on Harassment and Bullying at work. The Equality Commission and LRA have produced guidance that outlines some steps that you can take to help build an inclusive workplace. Seamus dives into the detail, explains what it means for your organisation and takes your questions. 2. The twists an...

In this month’s webinar, Seamus McGranaghan, O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors and Rolanda Markey, Legal Island will discuss legal and contractual issues around hybrid working as many people start to return to the office and others are reluctant to do so. They'll also look at considerations around probationary periods and, following the recently reported case of an employee who was forced to e...