About

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Fieldfisher Ireland's dedicated Employment law department in Ireland has a wealth of experience providing advice and on-going support to human resource managers, directors and in-house legal in private, regulated and semi-state organisations. We provide a full range of legal advice on advisory, transactional and dispute resolution matters and work closely with senior executives and employers in respect of issues that arise in shareholder/boardroom disputes in private and public companies.

As leading employment law solicitors our extensive client base covers a range of sectors and includes large corporations, emerging growth companies, government and semi-state bodies.

Our areas of service include:

  • Employment contracts
  • HR policies and procedures
  • Grievance and disciplinary matters
  • Performance and absenteeism management
  • Support in corporate acquisitions and disposals, including due diligence
  • Transfer of undertakings and outsourcing
  • Bullying and harassment
  • Workplace stress issues
  • Employee related whistleblowing
  • Mandatory retirement issues
  • Industrial relations and Trade Union matters
  • Termination of employment
  • Employment equality and discrimination Issues
  • Claims before the Workplace Relations Commission, Labour Court and the civil courts
  • Employment injunction applications
  • Mediation
  • Advice on and drafting of Settlement Agreements

Chambers Review

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Employment - Ireland

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What the Team is Known For

Fieldfisher handles advisory work and employment litigation for public and private bodies. The law firm assists employers with a range of contentious labour mandates relating to equal status claims, constructive dismissals, discrimination and whistle-blowing issues. The team's other areas of expertise include the employment law aspects of transactions, including TUPE and redundancies. It also provides advice in relation to employee data protection policy.

Work Highlights

  • Fieldfisher Ireland assisted Irving Oil with employee grievances and TUPE matters.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Barry Walsh
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Barry Walsh
Head of Employment
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Band 2

Barry Walsh has experience in equality law issues and the management of retirement-related disputes. He also advises clients on a range of HR matters, including those related to data protection and discrimination issues.

Barry Walsh has deep expertise in employment law matters, commercial awareness and a genuine understanding and appreciation of his clients' businesses.

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Barry Walsh
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Barry Walsh
Head of Employment
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Band 2

Members

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Barry Walsh

Barry Walsh

Head of Department