In an increasingly globalized world, equality is a key concern for all businesses – not least because several studies show that companies with diverse workforces are often the most successful.
However, not even the fairest employer is entirely immune to claims of discrimination, unequal pay, harassment and bullying. We know that navigating such complaints is stressful and has serious implications for your company. In addition to the risk of costly financial penalties, they negatively affect productivity, management resources, staff morale and public image.
We will help you mitigate any legal and commercial risks, ensuring your staff in senior management, law and HR positions are up to speed with all the latest information about international discrimination law in the workplace. Employees are increasingly demanding to know what their employers’ diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) strategy is - we can provide training, help you with your DE&I policies, and advise on positive action measures and boardroom issues.
The fact we’re a truly global law firm, with hundreds of employment lawyers spread around the world, means that we understand the varying work cultures, cultural sensitivities and pay and discrimination laws from one country to the next. If your employees are spread around the world, you need legal advice with a similarly global outlook.
Our lawyers have advised some of the biggest companies in the world on discrimination claims. Our dedicated discrimination lawyers will help you minimize the risk of litigation, financial exposure and reputational damage. Should the worst happen, our litigation lawyers will also act on behalf of your organization and help you to secure the best possible outcome.
Our Diversity Pay and Discrimination capability in Ireland
Our lawyers have extensive experience in advising employers on their obligations under Irish equality legislation, including the provision of reasonable accommodation to employees with disabilities. We can help you defend discrimination, harassment and bullying claims on behalf of employers and with every aother legal requirement and challenge related to diversity, pay and discrimination.
Our recent experience includes:
- defending a multinational technology company against multiple claims of race discrimination taken by a group of disgruntled employees/candidates
- acting as independent investigator into allegations of bullying made by an employee of a statutory body against 8 senior members of management, in addition to an overall complaint of corporate bullying against the statutory body
- defending a multinational technology company against an injunction application to stop the company’s investigation into allegations of bullying by a senior employee.
- defending a third level institution against claims of disability discrimination, victimization and failure to provide reasonable accommodation taken by a student under the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015 and Equal Status Acts 2000-2018
- assisting various clients with the drafting and roll-out of new dignity at work policies in light of the new code of practice on workplace bullying
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- legal updatesEU Pay Transparency Directive
- legal updatesGender Pay Gap Reporting
- legal updatesWorkplace Relations Commission Annual Report 2023
- legal updatesRemote and Flexible Working is here (or is it?!)
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