A comprehensive conference to helpyou understand the key issues and latestdevelopments in employment law

PROGRAMME

■ Chairman: The Hon. Mr Justice RoderickMurphy, The High Court

■ Fixed Term Workers – Where are we now?- Cliona Kimber BL

■ The Mutual Duty of Fidelity in theContract of Employment – SignificantRecent Developments - Marguerite Bolger BL

■ Collective Redundancies – NewDevelopments - Frances Meenan BL

■ The Industrial Relations Acts 2001/2004after The Ryanair Case - Tom Mallon BL

■ Safety, Health & Welfare at Work Act 2005– Key Issues- Geoffrey Shannon, Solicitor

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The 4th AnnualEmployment Law

Conference– An Essential Update for Solicitors, Barristers and Employment Law Specialists –

A Professional Development Conference from Thomson Round Hall

Date: Saturday, 19th May 2007, 9.15 a.m. to 3.15 p.m.

Venue: The Distillery Building, 145-151 Church Street, Dublin 7.

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The 4th Annual Thomson Round H– An Essential Update for Solicitors, Barris

Venue: The Distillery Building, 145-151 Church Street, Dublin 7.

Who should attendSolicitors, barristers, members of the judiciary and officialsfrom relevant government departments involved inemployment law will find this conference an ideal opportunityto learn about recent and impending changes in employmentlaw in Ireland.

Anyone working in Human Resources who frequentlyencounters employment law related issues will be brought upto date in many topical are of employment law.

At this conference you will:■ Be brought up to speed with employment law developments

which will help you identify the relevance of these changes toyou, your practice and your clients

■ Put your own questions to the speakers in a dedicated Q & Assession

■ Benefit from analysis of landmark cases relevant specially chosento illustrate each topic

■ Prepare for the future by identifying emerging trends

■ Learn from the vast experience of our expert panel of speakers

■ Meet with colleagues who also practise in the area ofemployment law

Why you should attend this conference

As a busy legal professional dealing with Employment lawyou know only too well that this is a fast moving area. Thisnew conference will bring employment law practitioners up-to-date on recent developments, current trends, andemerging issues.

The speakers and topics have been carefully selected to offeryou an authoritative employment law update of the highestquality. The wide-ranging expert analysis and opinion willprovide you with invaluable insight and understanding oftopical and relevant employment law issues.

Don’t miss this opportunity to stay on top of the law.

PROGRAMME

9.15-9.45am: Registration with tea and coffee

9.45am: Chairman/Opening Adddress:

The Hon. Mr Justice Roderick Murphy, TheHigh Court

10.00am: Fixed Term Workers – Where are wenow?

Cliona Kimber BL

■ Direct effects and Directive 99/71

■ Fixed Term Work Act 2003 – recent case-law

■ Fixed Term Workers and ObjectiveJustification

■ Interaction with Unfair Dismissals Acts

■ Reference to ECJ

10.45am: The Mutual Duty of Fidelity in theContract of Employment – SignificantRecent Developments

Marguerite Bolger BL

■ The duty as historically imposed onemployees.

■ The duty as now imposed on employers.

■ Obligations on employers in how theyrun their businessMalik v. BICCI

■ Using the duty to ground a claim ofbullying and harassmentBerber v. Dunnes Stores

■ A radical right to be given workcommensurate with an employee’spositionCronin v. Eircom

■ The employer’s duty to cooperate inrelation to an employee’s opportunityto earn bonusTakacs v. Barclays Services Jersey Limited

11.30am: Tea/coffee break

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Hall Employment Law Conferencerristers and Employment Law Specialists –

Date: Saturday, 19th May 2007, 9.15 a.m. to 3.15 p.m.

For further enquiries: Call 01 662 5301Email: info@roundhall.ie or complete the order form overleaf.

About the speakersThe Hon. Mr Justice Roderick Murphy has been a judge of The HighCourt since 2000. He practised at the Bar since 1975 and became aSenior Counsel in 1991. He is a member of the editorial boards of theIrish Employment Law Journal and the Employment Law Report s. Hehas served as a member of The International Court of Arbitration in Parisand The Court of International Arbitration in London. He is a Fellow ofThe Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He has lectured in DIT and wasProfessor of Law in Kings’ Inns.

Cliona Kimber BL is a barrister specialising in employment and equalitylaw and regularly appears before the EAT, Equality Tribunal. LabourCourt as well as the ordinary courts. She is author (with MargueriteBolger) of Sex Discrimination Law and co-author of DisabilityDiscrimination law. She is editor of the ELR and IELJ. Ms Kimber lecturesin Labour Law in Trinity College Dublin and writes and lecturesextensively on the subject of employment and equality law.

Marguerite Bolger is a practising barrister specialising in employmentlaw. She has appeared in many key bullying and harassment casesbefore the High Court, Circuit Court, EAT and the Equality Tribunal.Marguerite is a co-author of Sex Discrimination and the Law (ThomsonRound Hall, 2000) and a member of the Editorial Board of the IrishEmployment Law Journal (Thomson Round Hall). She is an externalexaminer in employment law at the Honourable Society of the KingsInns and the University of Ireland.

Frances Meenan B.Comm., MBS (NUI), Dip. Arb. MCI Arb is apracticing barrister specializing in employment law and related matters.A new edition of her established work on employment law will bepublished by Thomson Round Hall in 2008 (in The Brehon Library). Shehas extensive experience in representation and advisory work. She hasalso published numerous articles on both Irish and Europeanemployment law and lectures extensively.

Geoffrey Shannon, Solicitor is the author of Health and Safety Lawand Practice (second edition is due to be published by Thomson RoundHall in 2007). He is the Legal Editor of A-Z of Health and Safety(Thomson Round Hall) and also lectures extensively on the area of Health& Safety law.

Tom Mallon is a practicing barrister who specialises in employment law.

About Professional Development Conferencesfrom Thomson Round Hall- Top Quality Professional Development from the Experts

As a leading provider of top-quality legal information we are always onthe look out for new and effective ways to meet your legal needs. Sowe are delighted to bring you Professional Development Conferencesfrom Round Hall - a new way for us to provide you with the top-qualityinformation that you need.

Thomson Round Hall Professional Conferences aim to present youwith a practical and thought-provoking legal update. And with thisobjective and the busy legal practitioner foremost in our mind, we arecommitted to providing you with the optimum professionaldevelopment experience.

11.45am: Collective Redundancies – New DevelopmentsFrances Meenan, BL

■ Protection of Employees (ExceptionalCollective Redundancies and Related Matters)Bill 2007

■ What constitutes ‘exceptional collectiveredundancies’?

■ References to Redundancy Panel

■ Consultation after Junk v Kühnel

■ Amendments to the Unfair Dismissals Acts1977 – 2005

12.30pm: Lunch

1.15pm: The Industrial Relations Acts 2001/2004 afterThe Ryanair Case

Tom Mallon BL

■ Can the Industrial Relations Act 2001/2004 beeffective after the decision of the SupremeCourt in Ryanair v. The Labour Court?

■ What procedures must The Labour Courtadopt to comply with the Supreme Court’sviews?

■ Will the decision lead to other changes in TheLabour Court’s procedures under otherlegislation?

■ Can there be an effective legally enforceableprocedure controlling industrial relations in anon-union environment?

2.00pm: Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005– Key Issues

Geoffrey Shannon, Solicitor

■ An Overview of the Key Changes brought inby the 2005 Act

■ The Implications of testing employees forintoxicants

■ Health & Safety Statements: New Guidelines

■ Liability of Directors: New Offences

2.45pm: Q & As

3.15pm: Conference Closes

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The 4th Annual Thomson Round Hall Employment Law ConferenceSaturday 19th May 2007, The Distillery Building, 145-151 Church Street, Dublin 7.

Delegate fee: 1395 per delegate

Prices include attendance at the conference, your comprehensive conference folder (containing papers relating to the conference sessions, whichserve as a useful reference and as an aide-memoire afterwards), coffee/tea on arrival and light lunch mid-morning.

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