Richard Grogan is a Dublin-based employment solicitor, and you may well be familiar with his videos and catchphrase, 'that's the law and that's a fact', from your Instagram or TikTok feed.
Since March 2021, Mr Grogan has been filming advice videos on various issues around employment law, and he has become a viral hit.
People value the simplicity in Mr Grogan's advice to common workplace issues, and this is something he tries to incorporate in his day-to-day interactions with clients.
So what doe a day in the life of an employment law solicitor look like?
"There's no such thing as a normal day for an employment law solicitor," Mr Grogan told BreakingNews.ie.
He divides his days into court hearings, and time considering requests and strategies for clients.
"The hearing days start any time between 9am and 2pm in the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), and in the Labour Court between 10am and 2pm.
"The more straightforward cases tend to be afternoon ones, and the more complex cases tend to be in the morning."
Mr Grogan always makes sure a client is in the WRC or Labour Court half an hour before a hearing.
"This is important because it is highly unusual that someone ever has more than one claim in the WRC or Labour Court, so this is an unusual environment that they're going into," he explained.
"If you have a hearing that will go through evidence and legal argument, they will all have been rehearsed well in advance and submissions will have been put in.
"If you're in a...
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