Emma is qualified in both England & Wales, and Northern Ireland. Emma has also worked extensively in Scotland and regularly advises clients with staff all over the UK.
Emma has over 20 years' experience advising on employment matters, including equalities issues, employment documentation, capability, disciplinary and grievance management (including advising on complex investigations), dismissals and settlement negotiations, collective and individual redundancies and defending clients from tribunal claims (including those in the industrial and fair Employment Tribunals in Northern Ireland).
Emmie is dual qualified, practising in both Northern Ireland and England & Wales. They have experience advising a diverse range of regional, national, and international clients on both contentious and non-contentious employment matters. They support HR teams, management, and in-house legal departments with a variety of day-to-day employee relations issues, and also advise clients on their obligations under modern slavery legislation.
The Department for the Economy published its official response to the ‘Good Jobs’ consultation on 25 April 2025 following a 13-week public consultation exercise between July and September 2024. Whilst it’s clear that the Department is proposing to make significant changes to the law on zero-hours contracts in Northern Ireland, it does not plan to ban zero-hours contracts altogether.
In its response paper, the Department says it intends to legislate to clamp down on what it calls ‘exploitive’ zero-hour contracts, with a view to striking a fairer balance between genuine flexibility for employers, and certainty for workers who are engaged on a ‘casual’ basis.
What are the proposed changes to zero-hours contracts?
A combination of factors, including the pandemic, advances
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