Please note the new date:
Online conference on Thursday 6th May 2021 from 2 pm to 5.15 pm.
Chaired by Rosemary Mallon, BL
This seminar will provide you with a comprehensive overview of the law and practice relating to redundancies. It will examine practical considerations for employers when implementing redundancies whether individual or collective. It will also examine the processes for collective information and consultation, and the applicability of the concept of “fair procedures” in the context of individual redundancies.
Practical advice on selection processes will be provided. This includes safeguarding against unfair selection for redundancy and discriminatory selection for redundancy. The steps in implementing a redundancy process will also be considered. In addition, the basis of legal challenges to redundancies and relevant case law will be reviewed.
The seminar will be of interest to practitioners acting for both employers and employees.
Issues to be considered will include:
- What is a Genuine Redundancy – as defined in the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 – 2014
- Legal Challenges
- Redundancy Processes and Practice
- Lay off and Short Time
- Selection Processes
- Entitlements on a Redundancy
Read more about each of these points below.
Speakers are:
- Maura Connolly, Partner and Head of the Firm’s Dispute Resolution Law Department. She also leads the Firm’s Employment & Employee Benefits Law Group.
- Kate Field, Associate in Dispute Resolution and is part of the Employment & Employee Benefits Group.
- Edel Flynn, Associate in the Employment & Employee Benefits Group at EFC and advises employers on all aspects of the employment relationship and with respect to equality law, in both contentious and non-contentious matters.
Download the Redundancy seminar brochure here