Niamh White, O’Shea White Solicitors (left) pictured with Eoin Liston, Premier Financial Services; Laura O’Sullivan, Stuart Auctioneers, Castleisland; James Kelliher, Kelliher O’Shea hosts and Patricia Walsh, Walsh Colour Print, Castleisland at the Employment Law Seminar at the River Island Hotel on Thursday morning. ©Photograph: John Reidy
At Thursday morning’s Kelliher & O’Shea Employment Law Seminar at the River Island Hotel were from left: James Kelliher, Kelliher O’Shea Chartered Accountants & Registered Auditors; Monsignor Dan O’Riordan, PP Castleisland; Jeremy Burke, Tomo Burke Electrical and Tom O’Shea, Kelliher O’Shea. ©Photograph: John Reidy
Gareth Donoghue, Donoghue Decorators, Castleisland (left) and Denis O’Donovan, Principal St. Patrick’s Boys’ Secondary School at Thursday morning’s Kelliher O’Shea Employment Law Seminar at the River Island Hotel ©Photograph: John Reidy
Guest speaker, Barrister, Kevin Callan (left) pictured with Tom O’Shea and James Kelliher, Kelliher O’Shea Chartered Accountants & Registered Auditors and John Paul Breheny, Peninsula Business Services at Thursday morning’s Kelliher & O’Shea Employment Law Seminar at the River Island Hotel. ©Photograph: John Reidy
Katarina Broderick, Principal St. Joseph’s Presentation Girls’ Secondary School, Castleisland and Jim O’Flynn, Centra Supermarket, Newmarket, Co. Cork pictured at Thursday morning’s Kelliher O’Shea Employment Law Seminar at the River Island Hotel. ©Photograph: John Reidy
AIB representatives at Thursday morning’s Kelliher O’Shea Employment Law Seminar at the River Island Hotel were from left: Eddie Bowler, Ed Stack and Ger O’Connor, Manager AIB, Castleisland. ©Photograph: John Reidy
Representing Castleisland Co-Op Mart at the Kelliher & O’Shea Employment Law Seminar at the River Island Hotel were, from left: Jimmy Roche, Denis Griffin, David White, Gerard Carmody and Timothy Twomey. ©Photograph: John Reidy
At Thursday morning’s Kelliher & O’Shea Employment Law Seminar at the River Island Hotel were from left: Karl O’Connor, BlueBox Design, Knocknagoshel; Bill Cremin, Cool Running Events, Cork and Ken Tobin, Yummy Cafe, Tralee. ©Photograph: John Reidy
Margaret Hayes (left) and Pamela Carmody formed the welcoming party at Thursday morning’s Kelliher O’Shea Employment Law Seminar at the River Island Hotel. ©Photograph: John Reidy
Denis O’Donovan, Principal St. Patrick’s Boys’ Secondary School pictured with Paddy Garvey, Bank of Ireland Manager; host, James Kelliher, Kelliher O’Shea Chartered Accountants and Eleanor Leane, Kelliher Coughlan Solicitors at Thursday morning’s Kelliher O’Shea Employment Law Seminar at the River Island Hotel ©Photograph: John Reidy
On Thursday morning, Kelliher O’Shea, Chartered Accountants, hosted a two hour seminar in the River Island Hotel in Castleisland for business owners. The event was organised in conjunction with Peninsula Business Services.
The presentation provided by Barrister, Kevin Callan, who kindly took the time out from his general election campaign where he is running as an Independent candidate in Co. Louth, was well received by an audience of over 70 people.
Kevin specialises in the area of Employment Law including Health & Safety Act and has worked with Peninsula for a number of years representing their clients.
Key Parts of Legislation
He guided those in attendance through the key parts of the legislation, which is extensive to say the least, and at various times asked for people to take note of some key points which, in his opinion, are vital for protecting them and their businesses.
The importance of the employee contract and more importantly the employee handbook were stressed at various times during the morning – including the provisions that employers should be ensuring is contained within them.
Managing Absenteeism and Sickness
Kevin dealt with probationary periods, managing absenteeism and sickness, dealing with a NERA inspection, the use of personal mobile phones and social media during working hours, alcohol and drug testing.
However, he did not encourage business owners to adopt a D.I.Y. approach which included the use of breathalysers purchased at your local Halfords store. He explained how to deal with complaints and grievances, the requirement to carry out an investigation, whistle-blowing, verbal warnings which are required to be in writing, dismissal, CCTV policies, exit interviews and much more.
Still Scribbling Notes
It was a testament to Kevin that everybody remained and listened to every last piece of advice until the very end and people were still scribbling notes as he was delivering his final parting shots.
All those in attendance are entitled to receive a free consultation from Peninsula who, through their local representative, John-Paul Breheny, will review their existing Employment Law, HR and Health & Safety policies, procedures and supporting documentation to assess the compliance and suitability for your business.
They can contact James or Tom at Kelliher O’Shea at: http://kelos.ie or contact Peninsula directly at: http://www.peninsulagrouplimited.com/ie
