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Catherine Fitzsimons-Belgaid
Hello and welcome to the Fresh Thinking website purposed to highlight the services that we offer to our clients whom are mainly individuals and small business owners.
Firstly, let me introduce myself, my name is Catherine Fitzsimons-Belgaid and I originally set up Fresh Thinking during the recession when I found myself unemployed and looking for a fresh challenge. I come from a strong PAYE background so the thought of enterprise was scary but exciting! This provided me with the opportunity to hone my experience and my passions into an area that is fast becoming problematic for most employers within both private and public sector.
I also have collaborated and formed relationships with other like-minded individuals over the last decade to expand on the capacity that I can deliver to clients therefore I have great pleasure in introducing my colleague Colin Daly, for all your accounting and payroll needs.
My qualifications in this area include a master’s in human resource management from the IPA and UCD, a diploma in employment law from the Law Society of Ireland and an accreditation in mediation from Friary Law and ADR. I’m also an accredited member of the Mediation Institute of Ireland. As an eternal student with a strong philosophy in life long learning, I am always updating and ensuring that I’m ahead of the curve when it comes to my work including my current research to achieve the LLM (master in laws) from the Law Society of Ireland.
I typically work with employers, offering advice and support from a pro-active perspective where my philosophy is 'prevention is far better than cure' particularly for small enterprise whereby the financial shock of a workplace claim could cause a collapse of their business.
In addition, I run practical workshops in the main areas revelant to employers including grievance and disciplinary handling, workplace investigations, recruitment and selection to ensure that employers can successfully defend themselves in the event of an unwelcome claim.
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Deliver on promise
Learning from mistakes
Great relationships
Diversity
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