Date: 11 December 2015
Time: 9.30am – 5pm (Registration 9am)
Venue: Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2
CPD Points: 6.5
The Irish Centre for European Law is holding a full day conference on employment law. Professor Catherine Barnard, University of Cambridge, will examine the impact of the Charter of Fundamental Rights on the employment relationship. The conference will consider a wide variety of other employment law topics that affect the rights of employees and employers. The line-up of speakers and topic reflects the dominant influence of European law on the rights and obligations of employees and employers.
Expert Speakers addressing the conference include:
The Hon. Judge Aindrias O’Caoimh, retired judge of the European Court of Justice – An overview of recent judgments of the CJEU in the area of Atypical Workers (fixed term, part time and agency workers) and thoughts on future developments
Mr Noel Kelly, Vice President of the Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal Northern Ireland – Recent developments in fixed time workers litigation in Northern Ireland
Professor Mark Bell, Regis Professor of EU Law, Trinity College, Dublin – An update on the Working Time Directive
Ms Pauline Walley SC, Law Library - The employee in the cyber age
Ms Cliona Kimber BL, Law Library – Zero hours contracts, the European perspective
Ms Rhona Murphy, Head of Employment Law Services, IBEC – Protective leave and European Law
Ms Davnet O’Driscoll, Partner, Amorys Solicitors – The impact of the new Data Protection Regulation on the employment relationship
Professor Catherine Barnard, University of Cambridge – The Charter of Fundamental Rights and the employment relationship
Des Ryan BL - The CJEU and Age Discrimination: Emerging Themes and Tensions and their implications for Irish Employment Law
This event is open for registration. Click here to register online or here to download a registration form. If you join as a member for 2016 the ICEL is happy to allow you to attend this conference for the membership rate.