Deirdre Cummins, Pensions partner and Jane McKeever, Pensions associate address questions arising from the previous episode of the podcast which focused on the General Data Protection Regulation and the implications for pension schemes of this major development in data protection law.

In this episode Bryan Dunne, Head of the Employment Practice at Matheson covers a recent decision of the Irish Court of Appeal, Nano Nagle and Marie Daly. This case dealt with the very practical question of just how far an employer is required to go to provide reasonable accommodation to an employee with a disability in the workplace and at what point an employer can lawfully conclude that an employee’s disability is such that they are no longer capable of performing the role that they have been hired for.

In this special episode, Matheson employment partners Bryan Dunne and Russell Rochford look at the areas that they predict will be the most active for employment lawyers and HR directors in 2018. This ranges from GDPR and the impact that this will have on dealing with data access requests in particular to the proposed gender pay gap legislation, which has now been given priority in the Government’s most recent legislative schedule. Russell and Bryan also look at predictions and growing trends in relation to increased trade union activity against non-union employers and the impact that expected legislation on mandatory retirement ages will have in the workplace, amongst other key themes.

n this episode Bryan Dunne, Head of the Matheson Employment Practice, discusses two seperate issues. The first is the recent decision of an Irish adjudication officer which dealt with the question as to whether an employer is allowed to refuse to pay paternity leave when at the same time paying generous maternity leave. The second issue is the recently enacted Mediation Act 2017 and the issues and opportunities that it presents for employers under Irish law.

Bryan Dunne leads a panel discussion with Tom Mallon BL, Cathy O'Grady, International Senior HR Director at Groupon, Desmond Ryan BL and Niall Pelly, Matheson Partner on Lyons v Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board. This was a decision that held that an employee was entitled to full fair procedures at an internal disciplinary investigation, including the right to cross examine witnesses and to legal representation.

In this episode Bryan Dunne, Head of the Matheson Employment Practice leads a panel discussion with Tom Mallon BL, Cathy O'Grady, International Senior HR Director at Groupon, Desmond Ryan BL and Niall Pelly, Partner Matheson on Lyons v Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board. This was a decision that held that an employee was entitled to full fair procedures at an internal disciplinary investigation, including the right to cross examine witnesses and to legal representation.

Listen to Insurance Partner April McClement’s Driverless Cars Newstalk interview on the impact driverless cars will have on motor insurance in Ireland and the reform required to existing driver-centric legislation.

The GDPR and the Implications for Pensions Schemes by Matheson LLP, Irish Law Firm

Bryan Dunne discusses a recent decision of the Irish Labour Court, a decision that was handed down at the end of July just past and this is the case of DHL and Michael Coughlan.

In this episode Deirdre and Jane are focusing on the general scheme of the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2017 and the implications and impact of this. Later on in this episode Deirdre and Jane will also be discussing in an Irish law context the implications of the recent Court of Appeal decision in the IBM case.