# Dismissal: Shaping New Developments into Solution-Focused Answers for Employers in Ireland

> Solution-Focused, Court-Proven, Answers to 6 of the Thorniest Dismissal Questions Facing Irish Employers: Directly from 7 Top-Rated Lawyers

- Format: In-person
- Date: Thursday, 9 October 2025, 10:00AM to 4:00PM (registration from 9:30AM)
- Venue: The Gibson Hotel, Point Square, Dublin
- 5 hours CPD
- Rates: Live Attendance €299.00 per person
- Status: This conference has taken place
- Book: https://whitepaper.co.uk/conferences/hrireland25

## Programme

- 09:30 Registration and coffee
- 10:00 Chair's Introduction: Dismissal: Shaping new developments into solution-focused answers for employers in Ireland
  - Chaired by Carol Ann Casey, CA Compliance
- 10:15 Bullying: How do you progress a disciplinary process when an employee perceives bullying and counters with multiple grievances, refuses to engage, or goes off sick partway through?
  - Answered by Michael Doyle, A&L Goodbody
- 10:55 Word-against-word: How do you determine the outcome in word-against-word situations involving inappropriate behaviour between employees on official and unofficial work nights out?
  - Answered by Ciara McLoughlin, DLA Piper
- 11:35 Morning coffee
- 11:55 Controversial Beliefs: Where employees have sharply contrasting views on moral, social and political issues, when can you justify dismissal or a disciplinary over the expression of controversial beliefs at work and on social media?
  - Answered by Karen Killalea, Maples Group
- 12:35 Discrimination: Under equality legislation, how do you handle employees whose condition and medication impact their communication and capacity to participate in performance-related meetings?
  - Answered by Colleen Cleary, Simmons and Simmons
- 13:15 Lunch
- 14:00 Problem Employees: How do you de-risk exit conversations with problem employees who are no longer an appropriate fit for the company, even though they may not realise this?
  - Answered by David McCarroll, RDJ
- 14:40 Neurodivergence: When and how can you encourage a diagnosis if you strongly suspect neurodivergence as a reason for an employee's under performance or behaviour, and what if it will take months to get because of appointment difficulties?
  - Answered by Ronnie Neville, Mason Hayes & Curran
- 15:20 Over-run
- 16:00 Close of conference

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