Susan Battye

Practice Areas

Susan Battye is based in our Ireland office where she is a partner and head of the employment practice.

Susan's advisory experience includes: corporate restructuring and redundancies, employment issues in commercial transactions, transfer of undertakings, outsourcing and secondment arrangements, harmonising employee benefits and entitlements, compliance projects, drafting employment contracts, grievance and disciplinary procedures, updating staff handbooks, HR policies and codes of conduct, advising on whistleblowing claims, internal investigations and providing employment law training.

Susan has represented clients in contentious employment disputes before the Workplace Relations Commission, including unfair dismissals, constructive dismissals, discrimination claims, whistleblowing and penalisation claims, workplace bullying and stress-related claims, industrial relations disputes and employment injunctions before the High Court. She has significant experience in resolving complex disputes, including bonus claims, breach of confidentiality clauses, enforcement of post-termination restrictions, senior executive terminations, negotiating severance packages and drafting settlement agreements.

Career

Before joining Walkers, Susan was a partner in a leading Dublin law firm.

Professional Memberships

Susan is a member of the Law Society’s Employment & Equality Law Committee and has tutored employment law on the Law Society’s Professional Practice Course.

Susan is also a member of the Employment Law Association of Ireland, European Employment Lawyers Association and Dublin Solicitors Bar Association.