Mrs Lisa Sturgeon was appointed as an Employment Judge for the office of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal on 7 September 2020.
Lisa’s first book, An Introduction to Business Law in Northern Ireland, was published in 2010 (a second updated edition was published in 2016) and is now a key text at both Queen’s University and the Ulster University. It is also the essential textbook used by accountancy students sitting the CAP I Law Exam.
Any queries on any articles written by Lisa prior to becoming an Employment Judge should be directed to Napier Solicitors.
Increasingly, the education sector is having to deal with requests for teachers on temporary contracts to be made permanent.
The following situation is all too familiar to many Principals – teacher X is employed on a fixed-term contract, to cover a maternity leave, for an academic year. The following year, teacher X covers a sick absence on another fixed-term contract for an academic year. In year 3, teacher X covers a further maternity for an academic year and, in year 4, teacher X is employed on what was supposed to be a two-week absence but became a long-term sick absence for the academic year. At the end of year 4, teacher X exercises his/her right to be made
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