What practical advice can you give to employers embarking on the recruitment and selection process?

A&L Goodbody are delighted to share ideas on how to manage difficult employment situations with the Legal Island community. At the start of our tenure with the First Tuesday Questions we thought it appropriate to begin by focussing on the start of the employment relationship and specifically with the recruitment and selection of employees.

Every day of the week we assist HR departments with the management of difficult employees and complicated situations at work, but often by the time our clients come to us the horse has bolted: the harassment or bullying has already taken place; the employee has already submitted a grievance and is out on sick leave; the custom or practice has been