Annual employment-law conference next week
Law Society Professional Training will hold its annual conference on employment law next week.
The Zoom webinar, which includes a live question-and-answer session, will take place on Wednesday 8 November (2pm-5.30pm).
The annual event, designed in collaboration with the Law Society’s Employment and Equality Law Committee, aims to provide a practical overview of recent employment-law and case-law developments.
An interactive panel of experts will provide a practical guide to dismissal and disciplinary issues.
Three hours of general CPD are available from the event.
Topics and speakers
Topics include:
- Practical implementation of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022,
- Implementation of gender-pay-gap reporting and the EU Directive on Pay Transparency,
- European Union (Transparent & Predictable Working Conditions) Regulations 2022,
- Update on employment-law case law,
- Panel discussion: A practical guide to dismissal and disciplinary issues.
Speakers include:
- Jane O’Sullivan (managing solicitor, Community Law & Mediation),
- Deirdre Malone (partner and head of employment law, EY Law Ireland),
- Catherine Jane O’Rourke (associate, Hayes Solicitors),
- William Maher BL,
- Maura Connolly (partner and head of dispute resolution and employment, Addleshaw Goddard),
- Joanne Hyde (partner, head of employment law and head of commercial, Eversheds Sutherland),
- Rachel Barry (Arthur Cox LLP),
- Síobhra Rush (partner and head of Dublin office, Lewis Silkin Ireland).