What Factors Should Organisations Consider When Deciding Whether to Return Employees to the Office?
Published on: 08/08/2023
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Seamus McGranaghan Director – Commercial, Education, Employment & Licensing, O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors
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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.

Julie:  So before we start, I'm going to ask Seamus about an article that he wrote for the "Irish News" which was published, Seamus, just before you talk to us about HR practitioners and how organisations need to consider a return to the office and how to look at several aspects before making a decision. So can you just remind us with a quick summary about how they should do that and what we should include, please?

Seamus:  Well, the big time that we were looking at this sort of rush to the return to the office was back whenever we were hoping that the government were going to lift their regulations around working from home. And I think

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