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Hayes Employment Law Group is renowned for its excellence, providing clients with practical, user friendly, strategic, commercial options to their employment issues. Hayes advises on individual and collective employment matters, from recruitment to termination, including post termination risk issues. Hayes offers services across several sectors, public and private, supporting organisations in:-

  • Restructuring & Redundancy
  • Equality & Diversity
  • Outsourcing/changing service providers  - Transfer Regulations
  • Mediation/dispute resolution/litigation
  • Investigator of workplace conduct/whistleblowing issues
  • Industrial relations/trade disputes/industrial action
  • EWC/ & EEF local expert advisors
  • Performance management/dismissals
  • Capacity/Disability
  • Enforcement of Restrictive Covenants & Confidentiality
  • Data protection
  • Corporate transactions – due diligence/drafting indemnities
  • Partnership law issues

Our Employment Law Partners are centrally involved in expert leadership groups in Irish employment law - Anne Lyne is Chair of the Irish Employment Law Association and Breda O'Malley is a member of the Irish Law Society Expert Group on Employment & Equality Law and is also on the Council of the Irish Commercial Mediation Association. 

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Employment - Ireland

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What the Team is Known For

Hayes solicitors has a strongly rated group advising on a range of employment matters, including the implementation of workforce reorganisations or redundancies on behalf of clients needing to downsize or to relocate employees. The team has experience on both the plaintiff and employer sides of unfair dismissal claims. It advises on disciplinary and discrimination claims and assists with litigation seeking to enforce restrictive covenants against former executives. Lawyers at the firm act for a mixture of multinational corporations, charities and state organisations.

Work Highlights

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  • Hayes solicitors represented Primark in relation to the employment aspects of its expansion and transformation process.

Strengths

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The team's strength is its expertise, commercial understanding, speed, responsiveness and all-round service.

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Hayes Solicitors offers a highly specialised range of services tailored to meet the nuanced needs of its clients. It stands out for its innovative, tailored client service and thought leadership.

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The team brings a holistic approach to addressing legal issues within the context of our firm, industry and specific needs.

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The team at Hayes Solicitors is helpful, knowledgeable and works very quickly to an extremely high standard.

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Hayes truly delivers exceptional client care through its personal touch and commitment to individualised support.

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Notable Practitioners

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Anne Lyne
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Anne Lyne
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Anne Lyne is particularly active in discrimination cases relating to age and gender, offering additional experience in workplace injury and unfair dismissal claims. She also advises on disciplinary processes and restructuring-related employment issues. Her clients include trade unions in addition to entities in the retail and education sectors.

She brings a common sense and well-informed approach to her work, coupled with a broad knowledge of the most up-to-date case law, precedents and current trends.

Anne Lyne is a steadfast trusty solicitor who is an expert in her field.

Anne is a thought leader and industry expert and ensures that clients receive exceptional care and tailored support in a holistic and collaborative manner.

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Breda O'Malley
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Breda O'Malley
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Breda O'Malley represents both employers and plaintiffs in a range of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters. She is particularly experienced in cross-border transfer and reorganisation matters.

Breda is the best in the Irish market in terms of her ability and reputation, she is superb in handling a wide range of complicated employment matters.

Breda is absolutely fantastic. She is exceptionally good at what she does.

Breda is one of the best in her field.

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Niamh Cassidy
Niamh Cassidy
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Niamh Cassidy is active on a variety of employment matters on both the contentious and non-contentious sides. She assists with matters ranging from employee transfers, reorganisations and redundancy to discrimination claims and contested dismissals.

She is so commercial, responsive, helpful and understanding.

Niamh is fantastic, absolutely brilliant and super responsive. She knows her stuff, and is level-headed and knowledgeable.

Niamh has the ability to quickly appraise herself of complex matters and provide practical and effective advice.

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Anne Lyne
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Anne Lyne
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Breda O'Malley
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Breda O'Malley
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Niamh Cassidy
Niamh Cassidy
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