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What Charities Need to Know about Whistleblowing in the Workplace

Recent reports indicate that most whistleblowing incidents occur in the charity sector, where public trust is paramount. Charities must maintain…

23/10/24

About Kady

Kady is a Partner on our Employment Law & Benefits Team.

Kady provides strategic and commercial advice to international and domestic clients across all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law. Kady is particularly experienced in advising international companies on restructuring strategy, including advising on employment due diligence, employee consultation and on complex TUPE transactions.

Clients rely on Kady to successfully guide them through sensitive HR issues, including complex workplace investigations and dismissals. Kady is an experienced litigator and regularly appears before the Workplace Relations Commission, Labour Court and the civil courts on behalf of clients.

Employment Law
TUPE
Litigation
Industrial Relations

Authorships

Kady has published articles in the Irish Employment Law Journal and authored or contributed to chapters in numerous books on employment law. These include: Etgen-Reitz, Rudolph, Berkowitz eds, Social Media and Employment Law: An International Survey; Maeve Regan, Employment Law; and the Law Society’s Employment Law Practitioners Handbook.

Kady has also contributed to articles in the Sunday Business Post and frequently publishes ezines on topical employment law developments.

Engagements

Tutor - Law Society of Ireland
Kady is a regular speaker at employment law events and panel sessions across Ireland. She frequently delivers employment law talks, presentations, and bespoke client training programmes/events, offering practical guidance on topical employment issues.

Education

Trinity College Dublin, Bachelor of Laws
University College London, Master of Laws
Université de Poitiers, Diplôme Universitaire d’Études Juridiques Françaises, (Diploma in French Legal Studies)
University College Dublin, Professional Diploma in Employment Law

Professional Memberships

The Law Society of Ireland
European Employment Lawyers Association

Advised Children’s Health Ireland (CHI), on the employment aspects of a transfer of the functions of a research centre to CHI. This involved reviewing and advising on the transfer documentation, including negotiating employment warranties and indemnities.
Advised a British multinational manufacturing company on the employment law aspects of a proposal to cease future accrual of benefits in the company’s longstanding pension scheme.
Advised a multinational biopharmaceutical company in relation to the renegotiation of its existing outsourcing arrangements with key suppliers. This included offering commercial advice on the application of the EC (Protection of Employees on the Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003 (TUPE) and negotiating warranties and indemnities to protect our client.
Advised a major technology company in relation to the closure of its Irish workplace and its transition to fully remote working arrangements.
Extensively advised on the application and implications of TUPE in relation to large-scale mergers and acquisitions.

Contact Kady

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Kady O'Connell

Partner

+353 86 414 2705 koconnell@mhc.ie

Kady O'Connell

What Charities Need to Know about Whistleblowing in the Workplace