Employment law advice built on inside experience of the system.
Dublin-based employment law and HR consultancy. Our advice is shaped by senior HR management experience in a large organisation with responsibility for resolving disputes, managing compliance and handling complex workplace issues. Combined with direct experience in formulating national and EU employment rights legislation, senior project management in establishing the WRC, and day-to-day Labour Court management, Lincoln is uniquely positioned to successfully address the full range of workplace employment rights matters that can arise.
- — Senior HR management experience in a large organisation, with responsibility for resolving disputes, compliance and complex workplace issues
- — One of the project managers who helped design the Workplace Relations Commission, merging the various employment rights bodies into a single, user-friendly entity
- — Managed the administration of the Labour Court
- — National & EU-level employment law policy development
- — Qualifications: degree in HR, Masters in Public Policy Development, Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Advanced Employment Law
"Practical, results-oriented advice that gives you peace of mind."
Why Lincoln
Most employment law advice comes from people who've read the legislation. Ours comes from people who've helped write it, enforce it, and resolve disputes under it.
Eamonn Balmer, Principal Consultant at Lincoln Employment Law and HR Consultants, has spent a career on both sides of the employment relationship. Before founding Lincoln, he held a senior HR management post in a large organisation, where he was responsible for resolving disputes, managing compliance and handling complex workplace issues day to day. He also contributed to national and EU employment law policy and managed the administration of the Labour Court. Since 2021, that combination has shaped advice to businesses and employees across every enterprise sector.
That range of experience means advice that accounts for how problems actually play out inside an organisation, and for how the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court apply the law in practice, not only what the legislation says on paper.
What we do
Practical, results-oriented advice — from day-to-day compliance to representation in a live dispute.
Advice & Guidance
Discrimination, harassment, wage and hour rules, and employee benefits are all areas where getting it wrong is costly. Because we've worked on the policy side and handled disputes, compliance and complex workplace issues in senior HR management, we can tell you not just what the rule says, but how it's likely to be applied in practice and how to manage the situation in the workplace.
Representation
If a dispute reaches the Workplace Relations Commission or the Labour Court, how your case is presented matters as much as the facts. Having helped design the WRC and managed the administration of the Labour Court, we know how both work from the inside, and we use that to prepare and present your case.
HR Compliance Audit
A full review of your HR policies, procedures, and practices against current legal and regulatory requirements — identifying risk before it becomes a problem, and improving your HR function along the way.
Employment Policies
Employment policies and contracts drafted and managed to suit your business, compliant with all relevant legislation and codes of practice — so you can focus on running the business, not chasing compliance.
SMEs and start-ups — we work at your pace
Ireland's SME sector runs on the drive of its founders, and that shouldn't be slowed down by the complexity of employment law compliance. We work in direct partnership with small businesses, so you can stay focused on growth — whether you need urgent help with a live issue, or want to build strong compliance from the ground up.
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