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Specialist Employment and Equality Law Service
Legal Representation

Our firm has over 15 years experience as a specialist provider of employment and equality law services to a broad range of public sector, corporate and private clients.

We regularly appear before the Fair Employment and Industrial Tribunals and the higher courts. We have represented clients in some of the most prominent cases to emerge from Northern Ireland in our specialist field within the last decade.

Our firm also offers expert advice and representation in proceedings before Industrial and Fair Employment Tribunals, the County Court, High Court, Court of Appeal and House of Lords.

We provide representation in relation to all aspects of unlawful discrimination on grounds of disability, race, religion, political beliefs, nationality, ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital, civil partnership status or age.

We are experienced in dealing with claims of unfair or wrongful dismissal and breach of contract.


We can offer assistance and expertise in dealing with:-

Redundancy
Advice about employment situations
Training courses on any human resources or employment issues
Drafting of Contracts of Employment and employee handbooks
Recruitment
Constructive dismissal
TUPE

We also offer assistance with arbitration.

We specialise in Human Rights Law and Judicial Review Applications.

Legal Advice

Our team is available to assist you with any enquiries about legal issues arising across the entire employment and equality law spectrum and ranging through:

Recruitment and Selection processes
Terms and Conditions of Employment - and variation of same
Promotion and Provision of Training and other benefits
Termination of Employment
Severance Arrangements
Redundancy Consultation and Procedure

We are all to aware that wrong actions by employers can lead to costly and time consuming Tribunal and other litigation claims.
We aim to provide a response of high quality expert advice to our client base with the objective of reducing potential for litigation and ensuring that best practice is provided.


Work Related Stress Claims

We have broad experience of bringing and defending claims for psychological damage arising out of work related situations.

Training

We are experienced in providing Line Management with focused training on various aspects of employment law practice and procedure to assist their understanding of recent developments in the law.

Rosemary Connolly or Jenine McCourt would be glad to advise you in relation to any of your training needs.




  FAQs
 Q What policies should I have to protect my position as an employer?
 Q An employee has decided not to return to work after her maternity leave, will she have to pay back her statutory maternity pay?
 Q Do we have to advertise all vacancies externally?
 Q. Am I entitled to receive a contract of employment?
 Q I consider that my redundancy was unfair what should I do?
  
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Jenine McCourt presented a Seminar for Legal Island on 10 March 2010 and is due to present a further Seminar in October 2010.
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