Bryan looks at two recent employment law cases. The first concerns an Employment Appeals Tribunal decision which found that a reduction in pay is not the same as a deduction from pay and so not subject to the same restrictions. The second case deals with a successful defence of a constructive dismissals claim, which provides a useful insight into how the tribunal expects employers to deal with employee grievances if they are to win such cases. Bryan will take you through the cases, detailing the evidence sought by the tribunal.  

Episode 1 - Employment Law Podcast

The long awaited Irish gender pay gap regulations were eventually published at the end of May. In this latest podcast Bryan Dunne, Head of Employment at Matheson provides you with a recap on the legislation and goes through some of the most frequent clients' questions and answers on the new regulations and what the key issues are already.

Episode 52: The Irish Gender Pay Gap Regulations – Most Frequent Client Questions and Answers

In this episode of Matheson Talks Financial Regulation, Ian O Mara, partner in the Financial Institutions Group and Claire Scannell, professional support lawyer to the Financial Intuitions Group consider the proposal published by the European Commission in June this year for a third iteration of the Payment Services Directive – PSD 3 - aimed at modernising the legal and regulatory framework underpinning payments in the European Union. In particular, they address the background to the proposal, some of its key elements and what they could mean in practical terms, if carried through to the final text.

Proposal for a third Payment Services Directive – PSD 3

Bryan Dunne, partner and Head of the Employment, Pensions and Benefits Group, is joined by professional speaker and Career Coach, Caroline Flanagan, to discuss Imposter Syndrome and how you can strengthen your leadership capabilities by turning Imposter Syndrome into an advantage.

Matheson Knowledge Insights Series: Lawyers as Effective Leaders: Making Imposter Syndrome Your Ally

In this episode of the employment law podcast series, Bryan looks at a recent decision of the  Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) which held that it was excessive to dismiss an employee for accessing her manager’s email and printing off a number of emails without permission, and considers the issues involved in reaching this conclusion.  

Episode 7 - Employment Law Podcast

Bryan Dunne discusses a recent decision of the Irish High Court which illustrates the risks to an employer when a preliminary investigation goes too far. The key issue for employers, as highlighted in this case, is the risk of triggering a much higher standard of fair procedures and due process in a preliminary investigation. This can occur where the investigator seeks to reach conclusions of fact at the preliminary investigation stage, rather than simply deciding whether there is a sufficient basis on the facts as alleged or evidence gathered to warrant the matter being put to a disciplinary hearing. The practical difficulty that arises where this occurs is that the employer may not have allowed the degree of fair procedures that the type of conclusion ultimately reached requires, and at that point it is too late to adapt to this. 

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Episode 17 - Employment Law Podcast

In this special episode, we take a detailed look at the HR aspects of GDPR and what employers should already be doing to prepare for the new GDPR regime.

Podcast 33 - Employment Law Podcast

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Proposal for a third Payment Services Directive – PSD 3

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