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Our Work
Alastair Purdy & Co., successfully defends claim of discrimination from man refusing to wear a mask
Alastair Purdy & Co Solicitors successfully represented T. O` Higgins Homevalue Hardware Ltd (“Respondent”) before the Work Relations Commission (‘’WRC’’) in a discrimination claim brought by an individual wishing to enter the shop who refused to wear a face mask...
Alastair Purdy & Co, successfully defends claim of unlawful deduction in wages before the WRC
Alastair Purdy & Co Solicitors successfully represented Complete Lab Solutions ("Respondent") before the Work Relations Commission (‘’WRC’’) in an action brought by a former employee ("Complainant") claiming unlawful deduction in his wages. Background In this...
Alastair Purdy & Co secures award of €75,000 before the Labour Court for failing to provide reasonable accommodation
Siobhan McGowan of Alastair Purdy & Co Solicitors successfully represented a Complainant in the Labour Court recently resulting in an award of €75,000 for a discriminatory dismissal claim and failure to provide reasonable accommodation under the Employment...
Alastair Purdy & Co awarded Employment Law Firm of the year for Connacht & Ulster for third successive year
We at Alastair Purdy and Co are delighted to announce for the third year running, we have been awarded the Employment Law Firm of the Year for Connacht & Ulster by the Irish Law Awards. We would like to thank our team, colleagues and wonderful clients who made...
Alastair Purdy & Co passes ISO 9001 Audit for 12th successive year
Alastair Purdy & Co are delighted to announced that for the 12th year in a row, our firm has passed the ISO 9001 Audit for the 12th successive year running - a credit to all the team here. ISO 9001 is an independent, non-governmental internal organisation with a...
Employment Spotlight: Bank of Ireland loses constructive dismissal case for unauthorised ‘Hybrid’ role
Tara Cassidy v Bank of Ireland 2022 Background The employee commenced employment with Bank of Ireland in December 2018 as a Customer Advisor. In December 2019, the Bank advertised a new ‘Hybrid’ role. The Bank informed its employees if there was an internal...
Employment Spotlight: Gender Discrimination during Interviews – A Case Study
Overview A Women’s right to Maternity leave is enshrined in the Maternity Protection Act, 1994. Therefore, Employers must ensure that women are not subjected to discriminatory treatment on the grounds of their gender or family status when they are on maternity leave,...
Employment Spotlight: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2022: What Employers Need to Know
Last October, the Irish government confirmed it will introduce a new Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System, which is expected to come into effect in late 2023 - early 2024. This new system will require employers to automatically enrol their eligible employees...
Employment Spotlight: Resolving Disputed Facts – Case Studies from Workplace Relations Commission
Resolving Disputed Facts: Case Studies from Workplace Relations Commission More often than not, cases brought before the Workplace Relations Commission, concern a disagreement on facts. Two parties, present their different versions, of the same set of facts. In such...
Employment Law Spotlight: The European Union (Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions) Regulations 2022
INTRODUCTION EU Directive 2019/1152 on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions was transposed into Irish law on the 16 December 2022 by the European Union (Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions) Regulations 2022 (“Regulations”). The Regulations apply...
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Alastair Purdy & Co., successfully defends claim of discrimination from man refusing to wear a mask
Alastair Purdy & Co Solicitors successfully represented T. O` Higgins Homevalue Hardware Ltd (“Respondent”) before the Work Relations Commission (‘’WRC’’) in a discrimination claim brought by an individual wishing to enter the shop who refused to wear a face mask...
Alastair Purdy & Co, successfully defends claim of unlawful deduction in wages before the WRC
Alastair Purdy & Co Solicitors successfully represented Complete Lab Solutions ("Respondent") before the Work Relations Commission (‘’WRC’’) in an action brought by a former employee ("Complainant") claiming unlawful deduction in his wages. Background In this...
Alastair Purdy & Co secures award of €75,000 before the Labour Court for failing to provide reasonable accommodation
Siobhan McGowan of Alastair Purdy & Co Solicitors successfully represented a Complainant in the Labour Court recently resulting in an award of €75,000 for a discriminatory dismissal claim and failure to provide reasonable accommodation under the Employment...
Alastair Purdy & Co awarded Employment Law Firm of the year for Connacht & Ulster for third successive year
We at Alastair Purdy and Co are delighted to announce for the third year running, we have been awarded the Employment Law Firm of the Year for Connacht & Ulster by the Irish Law Awards. We would like to thank our team, colleagues and wonderful clients who made...
Alastair Purdy & Co passes ISO 9001 Audit for 12th successive year
Alastair Purdy & Co are delighted to announced that for the 12th year in a row, our firm has passed the ISO 9001 Audit for the 12th successive year running - a credit to all the team here. ISO 9001 is an independent, non-governmental internal organisation with a...
Our Work
Employment Spotlight: Bank of Ireland loses constructive dismissal case for unauthorised ‘Hybrid’ role
Tara Cassidy v Bank of Ireland 2022 Background The employee commenced employment with Bank of Ireland in December 2018 as a Customer Advisor. In December 2019, the Bank advertised a new ‘Hybrid’ role. The Bank informed its employees if there was an internal...
Employment Spotlight: Gender Discrimination during Interviews – A Case Study
Overview A Women’s right to Maternity leave is enshrined in the Maternity Protection Act, 1994. Therefore, Employers must ensure that women are not subjected to discriminatory treatment on the grounds of their gender or family status when they are on maternity leave,...
Employment Spotlight: Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2022: What Employers Need to Know
Last October, the Irish government confirmed it will introduce a new Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System, which is expected to come into effect in late 2023 - early 2024. This new system will require employers to automatically enrol their eligible employees...
Employment Spotlight: Resolving Disputed Facts – Case Studies from Workplace Relations Commission
Resolving Disputed Facts: Case Studies from Workplace Relations Commission More often than not, cases brought before the Workplace Relations Commission, concern a disagreement on facts. Two parties, present their different versions, of the same set of facts. In such...
Employment Law Spotlight: The European Union (Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions) Regulations 2022
INTRODUCTION EU Directive 2019/1152 on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions was transposed into Irish law on the 16 December 2022 by the European Union (Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions) Regulations 2022 (“Regulations”). The Regulations apply...
Awards & Recognition
We have consistantly high standards and have been routinely recognised at national level at the Annual Irish Law Awards.

Employment Law Firm/Lawyer of the year 2018

Employment Law Firm/Lawyer of the year 2019

Employment Law Firm/Lawyer of the year 2021