Employment Law evening lecture with Barry Walsh, McDowell Purcell

This session will cover:

• employment contracts and policies

• termination of employment - disciplinary and related employment procedures

• whistleblowing by employees

• retirement and age discrimination

Barry Walsh, McDowell Purcell

Barry is Head of McDowell Purcell's Employment Department. He has considerable employment law experience, having previously served as a partner with a large Dublin law firm for a number of years. Barry has advised a wide range of Irish and multinational corporate, public and institutional clients on all aspects of Irish employment law from recruitment to retirement including contentious, advisory and transactional work. In addition to advising on employment law, he  also advises on industrial relations issues arising from mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing and redundancy situations.

Barry is a native of Waterford and attended De la Salle College. He is regularly recommended in established legal publications and directories, including Legal 500 and Chambers Europe. He has lectured and presented widely on employment law issues with such bodies as the Law Society of Ireland, International Bar Association, Employment Law Alliance, Legal Island and CIPD and has published various articles on HR law issues in the general media and specialist publications. He is a member of the Law Society’s Employment & Equality Law Committee.