Karen Hennessy

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About Karen

Karen is a Senior Associate in our Employment Law & Benefits team.

Karen advises clients on all aspects of employment and equality law, relating to both contentious and non-contentious matters across a wide range of sectors. Karen provides strategic, concise and relevant advice to a range of clients across all employment law issues including those related to drafting and negotiating contracts of employment, advising on disciplinary and grievance matters and employment termination. Karen advises on all issues which arise in the employee/employer relationship as well as contractor and agency worker considerations.

Karen regularly acts for clients in employment litigation, drafting legal submissions and representing clients before the WRC and Labour Court, and regularly advises on mediation, settlement and exit negotiations. Karen has considerable experience managing redundancy programmes (including complex collective redundancies), business transfers, and on the recruitment/assignment of non-EEA nationals to Ireland.