Byrne Wallace Shields LLP supports the CIPD Employment Law Conference 2025

Byrne Wallace Shields LLP is delighted to once again partner with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) for the Annual Employment Law Conference which takes place on Thursday, 6 February in the Aviva Stadium, Dublin.

This day-long conference will bring together a range of legal experts from Byrne Wallace Shields LLP, experienced people practitioners and progressive employers to share new insights and learnings on the following key themes:  

• What’s next for the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) - How the WRC works with the HR community and, as it enters its second decade, what is its vision for the future?
• Your compliance checklist - The latest legal changes and proposals to impact your workplace. 
• Are we destined to return to the office? Remote and flexible working: what is shaping and influencing practice right now? 
• The equality landscape: what's emerging? The latest advancements and campaigns covering equality, diversity, and inclusion including EU Pay transparency, EU direction on equality, and reasonable accommodation guidance
• The EU AI Act – examining AI regulation and AI in practice
• Retirement and pensions - Fighting your way through the maze of retirement intricacies. Auto-enrolment: are you ready for implementation? We examine case law on retirement age and Auto-enrolment questions

Speakers will include lawyers from the Byrne Wallace Shields LLP Employment Law Team: 

• Michelle Ní Longáin SC, Partner and Head of Employment Law
• Aoife Bradley, Partner, Employment Law
• Liam Connellan, Partner and Head of Pension Law
• Loughlin Deegan, Partner, Employment Law
• Suzanne Keenan, Partner, Employment Law 
• Michael Kennedy, Partner, Employment Law
• Ciara O’Kennedy, Partner, Employment Law 
• Emmet Whelan, Partner, Employment Law

They will be joined by the following expert practitioners:

• Mary Connaughton, Director, CIPD Ireland
• Audrey Cahill, Workplace Relations Commission
• Eamonn Cahill, Head of AI and Digital Regulation, Dept of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
• Ruth Kennedy, Revenue (Ireland)
• Michael O'Neill, Head of Legal, IHREC
• Joyce Rigby Jones, former Managing Director, Voltedge Management
• Alan Murphy, HR Director, Docusign
• Niamh McNamara, VP, Employee Success Global Operations, Salesforce  

This conference provides a collaborative forum, fostering a day of learning, sense-checking, and networking with industry peers. It aims to provide delegates with the essential tools for reflection and forward planning, so that they can position their organisations on a solid foundation as they commence 2025.

For more information on the conference, click here. 

For more information on the Byrne Wallace Shields LLP Employment Law team, click here.