Probationary periods and employment contracts affected by new rules
- By Rhiannon Coyne
- | January 20th, 2023

As January is a quiet time for many business owners, it can be a good time to do some HR jobs that have been put […]
First published: June 29th, 2022 Due to certain circumstances, be it financial reasons or lack of work, you might need to make an employee redundant. […]
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Nóra studied Law in Griffith College Dublin and qualified as a Barrister in 2008, practising in the area of Criminal law. She is also member of the Irish Employment Law Association.
Nora has extensive experience representing clients at Employment Tribunal hearings, Conciliation / Mediation meetings before both the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court.
Nóra is a member of the Irish Employment Law Association and engages with the WRC Adjudication Service as part of their stakeholder engagement forum.
Deiric McCann leads Genos International Europe – The EU division of a world-leading provider of emotional intelligence solutions.
With over two decades experience at the highest levels of management, Deiric supports clients to develop the resilience, emotional intelligence, psychological safety and engagements of their employees.
Rhiannon Coyne is a Senior HR Consultant at Graphite HRM and will be providing an overview of best practice on how to deal with complaints of bullying and harassment in the workplace.
With a number of recent updates to employment laws, Rhiannon will take a closer look at employment equality and how it is interlinked to Health & Safety and what employers can learn from recent case laws.
David Begg was appointed Chairperson of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) in January 2021.
David is also a professor at Maynooth University Institute of Social Sciences. Mr Begg’s extensive history in the trade union movement included leading the ESB Officers Association and Irish Congress of Trade Unions, stepping away from the latter in 2001 to chair international aid agency Concern.
David Begg was also previously a director of the Central Bank of Ireland between 1995 and 2010.