Adam Brett has over 40 years’ experience dealing with employment and discrimination matters, primarily representing employers. This has involved a wide range of tribunal and court litigation. For many years, they have also been involved with the Employment Lawyers Group in Northern Ireland, serving as Chair, Deputy Chair, and a committee member.
From April 2015 new parents in Northern Ireland will have access to a fully flexible system of parental leave. New mothers and their partners will be able to take up to 52 weeks of leave in total, to be shared between them either in alternating blocks or taken together. The purpose of this new system is to enable both parents to maintain an attachment to the workplace whilst taking on an active caring role for their new child.
We received many questions about the new laws and their impact on existing statutory and contractual family-friendly rights on the day of our Shared Parental Leave and Pay event at the Merchant Hotel on the 26th March , 17 of which
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