Leeanne has extensive experience advising a range of regional, national, and international employer clients on various contentious and non-contentious employment law issues. She is dual qualified and practises in both Northern Ireland and England & Wales.
She assists HR, management, and in-house legal teams with a range of day-to-day employee relations issues, such as poor performance, ill health, disciplinary matters, and grievances. She also provides advice and guidance to clients on redundancy exercises, contract and policy reviews, senior employee exits, and the transfer of employees under TUPE.
Employees, contract workers and applicants for employment have statutory protection against discrimination under a number of distinct pieces of equality legislation, covering protected characteristics such as gender; religious belief; age; disability etc. In this article, Leeanne Armstrong, Legal Director, TLT LLP outlines an Employer’s obligations in complying with Equal Opportunities legislation.
1. Equal Opportunities in Northern Ireland ⚓︎
'Equal opportunities' refers to the right of all people to be given the same opportunities for employment, pay and promotion without discrimination.
Employees, contract workers and applicants for employment have statutory protection against discrimination under a number of distinct pieces of equality legislation, covering protected characteristics of:
- Religious belief or political opinion
- Race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin,
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