Looking for a HR consultant to fight case

leon76

Hi,

I have a former employee taking a case to the equality tribunal and also the Labour court. The person who has represented my company in the past is currently committed to other cases down South,so can't put the time or effort into the case. Can anyone recommend a good professional who has experience dealing with the labour court etc and has fought cases for employers in the past. Much appreciate if someone can refer someone. Many thanks.

Bandara

leon76 wrote: »

Hi,

I have a former employee taking a case to the equality tribunal and also the Labour court. The person who has represented my company in the past is currently committed to other cases down South,so can't put the time or effort into the case. Can anyone recommend a good professional who has experience dealing with the labour court etc and has fought cases for employers in the past. Much appreciate if someone can refer someone. Many thanks.

call IBEC

patftrears

leon76 wrote: »

Hi,

I have a former employee taking a case to the equality tribunal and also the Labour court. The person who has represented my company in the past is currently committed to other cases down South,so can't put the time or effort into the case. Can anyone recommend a good professional who has experience dealing with the labour court etc and has fought cases for employers in the past. Much appreciate if someone can refer someone. Many thanks.

http://hrpartner.ie/ ring her she'll have a chat with you about the case before you need to commit

podgee

Sent you a pm on a recently retired guy who could help

DubTony

leon76 wrote: »

Hi,

I have a former employee taking a case to the equality tribunal and also the Labour court. The person who has represented my company in the past is currently committed to other cases down South,so can't put the time or effort into the case. Can anyone recommend a good professional who has experience dealing with the labour court etc and has fought cases for employers in the past. Much appreciate if someone can refer someone. Many thanks.

Sounds to me like you need a full time HR person .... you know, if it's becoming a regular thing. :rolleyes:

leon76

I did have a free-lance Hr consultant who set up contracts for all our employees and looked after 3 cases in 7 Years for my company. It just was not viable to hire someone full time.

I have since contacted IBEC and I will also speak to the other referrals. Many thanks for sending these on.

Regards.

DubTony

It seems to me that with 3 cases in 7 years, you could do with someone looking over your shoulder giving advice before you get into a situation. I've employed scores of people over the years and the closest I came to court was an employee who disputed a written warning for a case of failing to follow proper procedure. (She left before anything came of it). How many people do you employ? If it's hundreds, I can understand, although my wife was a HR manager for 10 years and had just 2 cases in a company that employed over 300 people. Based on that I have to believe you're doing something wrong.

leon76

I work within the Construction sector. Its regulated by the Registered employment agreement and Siptu. Do you know anything about this agreement? If so it may explain the issue with 3 former employees.

We've employed approx 1,200 people since 2002. Please note these were usually temp jobs, a day here , day there... etc.

paddyred9

I've use www.esa.ie in similar cases before.
Handy if you need some HR or employment law stuff done but dont want to hire a full time consultant.

Plogue

hello I think I know who you are looking for.
He is the best in the country

Kenneth Buchholtz 086 8092776
Tell him Pauric from wiseloads gave your name

gaz wac

Plogue wrote: »

hello I think I know who you are looking for.
He is the best in the country

Kenneth Buchholtz 086 8092776
Tell him Pauric from wiseloads gave your name

Could you not PM the details

Plogue

gaz wac wrote: »

Could you not PM the details

forgive me gaz , new to boards.. thanks

DubTony

leon76 wrote: »

I work within the Construction sector. Its regulated by the Registered employment agreement and Siptu. Do you know anything about this agreement? If so it may explain the issue with 3 former employees.

We've employed approx 1,200 people since 2002. Please note these were usually temp jobs, a day here , day there... etc.

My point was straightforward enough. It shouldn't matter what agreement your industry is governed by or what union you have to deal with. And no, it doesn't explain anything about your former employees. However, if the people that are taking you to court are temps, you have a very serious problem.

Culchie

DubTony wrote: »

My point was straightforward enough. It shouldn't matter what agreement your industry is governed by or what union you have to deal with. And no, it doesn't explain anything about your former employees. However, if the people that are taking you to court are temps, you have a very serious problem.

Little bit harsh Tony?, alot of wasters that are not falling into another job (a la Celtic Tiger times) are finding dole life not enough to sustain their social life are taking a free punt (legal aid) at employees lately.
A couple of months of reality is biting them in the ass and they don't like it.

DubTony

I'm not so sure Mick. I've looked on the ... is it Works and Jobs forum? ... periodically, and there are enough people complaining about being mistreated in their jobs for it to be an issue. As employers we have a responsibility to ensure that our staff are well treated, but just as importantly we have a responsibility to ourselves and our companies to make sure that we aren't dragged through courts because we don't treat them properly.

I come from a background where all employees are treated with respect and the crap is gotten rid of very quickly (always legally, appropriately and procedures followed to the letter). It's all part of being an employer. Apart from that being dragged through courts is an unnecessary expense on business. Anyway, you'll generally get more from your staff when they're treated well.

leon76

The ex employee is also bringing a case under the working time act, maintains he was overworked / worked too many hours in the week. It was the discretion of the employee how many hours he wanted to work once he done the 39 hour week. He has basically picked holes in my contract and is looking for a quick buck. Also maintains I discriminated against him on grounds of race. Don't know how this one will stand up when I produce the evidence of training, contracts sent on, holidays, bonuses paid. Absolute extortion. Really upset about the whole thing, just want to settle it and move on.