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Melanie Crowley, Partner

Melanie is a partner practising in employment law She is involved in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law on both the employer and employee side. Melanie regularly assists clients in drafting employment contracts, agreements and HR policies and procedures. She also provides ongoing support to HR managers in relation to internal reorganisations and rationalisations, terminations, and audits of employment related documentation.

In contentious areas, Melanie is regularly involved in employment related civil actions including injunctions, actions for breach of contract, employer liability claims and personal injury actions for stress and bullying. She regularly appears before the High and Circuit Courts and the Employment Appeals Tribunal. 

Melanie also regularly lectures to various organisations on employment law and the legal aspects of bullying, harassment and stress in the workplace.  She is also one of the internal examiners in employment law for the Law School of the Law Society of Ireland and is a contributor to the Irish chapter of the International Expatriate Employment Handbook.

Melanie is a regular attendee at international employment law conference run by the European Employment Lawyers Association and the American Bar Association. Melanie regularly participates in panels run by the Employment Rights and Responsibilities and International Labor Lawyers Sections of the American Bar Association. Furthermore, Melanie is Co-Chair of the International Labor Law Subcommittee of the Employment Rights and Responsibilities Section of the ABA. Melanie was also invited to speak at a joint New York State Bar Association/ Cornell University conference on International Labour and Employment Law in New York City In March 2008.

In addition to providing training courses on employment law for clients, Melanie frequently lectures to various organisations on employment law and the legal aspects of bullying, harassment and stress in the workplace.  

Recommendations:

Chambers Europe - Europe's Leading Business Lawyers, Chambers and Partners, 2009.

Melanie is recommended as a Leader in her Field in the 'Employment' category.

Chambers Europe - Europe's Leading Business Lawyers, Chambers and Partners, 2008.

Melanie was described as "practical with a good business sense" and was particularly praised for her work for international clients with operations in Ireland "she has an appreciation of the needs of multinational companies. She understands the issues and how to resolve them".

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