Seamus McGranaghan qualified as a Solicitor in O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors in 2003 and is an experienced Commercial Lawyer dealing with employment, commercial and education cases.
He has experience in the Industrial Tribunal representing both Claimants and Respondents and has provided seminars in relation to particular areas of employment law. Seamus is the only member of the Education and Law Association in Northern Ireland. He specialises in advising schools and colleges on policy matters, employment issues and student welfare. He is also responsible for the Education Law Quarterly Review.
In addition to having contributed at Legal Island’s Education Updates since 2010, Seamus in association with Legal Island provides a live “Employment Law @ 11” webinar on the first Friday of each month, dealing with all aspects of Employment law affecting Northern Irish employers.
"If you're about to begin a series of restructures, and the number of employees potentially made redundant could be between 10 to 15, although the number at risk will be over 20. Would this need to be a collective consultation process?"
Seamus: The potential is 20?
Scott: No, there's 20 employees or more covered, but there's 10 to 15 that are being made redundant.
Seamus: Well, it's . . .
Rolanda: The numbers.
Seamus: . . . dependent on the number affected.
Scott: The number it affects? Well, there may be other changes. Because if you change terms and conditions, you're looking at restructuring of employees, that would fall under collective consultation requirements. So, if there's more than 20 contracts that are going to change, then it would be covered by consultation, wouldn't it?
Seamus: Yeah.
Scott: Okay. This one here . . .
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