Specialist Employment Law Training and Services

As Ireland's leading provider of HR information, with 1,500 customers of our foremost publication, Personnel Policies and Procedures: The Law in Perspective Graphite's research and analysis of new legislation and emerging trends keeps us at the forefront of HR practice in Ireland.

Based on our expertise we are the supplier of choice in the following areas:

Development of HR Policies and Procedures
Due to the complexity of employment legislation, many organisations require support in the development and production of employee contracts, policies and handbooks. We seek to build on policies and practices already in place and take account of an organisation's culture, while achieving legal compliance in policy and practice.

  • HR Policy review and development
  • Employee Handbooks
  • Employee Contracts
  • HR Audits and compliance analysis

Implications of Employment Law for Managers
The complex nature of our legislation and working practices requires managers to be at the forefront of implementing HR policies. Managers and supervisors need to fully understand the legal implications of day to day management activities such as refusing annual leave, absence management, dealing with grievances, interviewing and bullying allegations. Graphite provides a series of practical workshops to enable managers carry out these activities in a compliant and effective way:

Managing Dignity and Diversity
The progressive equality legislation in Ireland dictates that Dignity and Diversity awareness is disseminated, and policies and procedures are put in place to provide all employees with a safe working environment, free of discrimination, harassment or bullying. We use our expertise to support the development and communication of polices and complaints procedures, and provide expert training for employees nominated for Support Contact or Investigator Roles:

Resolution of Issues
Whilst we advocate the use of informal methods of complaint resolution whenever feasible, at times objective investigation and analysis has to come from an external source. This is especially true when complex issues have built an internal legacy which is difficult to unravel, and when internal expertise is insufficient to resolve issues. We support resolution through:

Our experts provide up to date input on the impact of current and new employment legislation, the requirements for day to day compliance, the responsibilities of managers and HR, and provide relevant skills practice, case examples and exercises.