Role
Chairman, The Labour Court
From Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
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From Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
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The mission statement of the Labour Court is:
"To find a basis for real and substantial agreement through the provision of fast, fair, informal and inexpensive arrangements for the adjudication and resolution of trade disputes."
The Labour Court was established under the Industrial Relations Act, 1946, to exercise the functions assigned to it by the Act. The functions of the Court have been altered and extended by subsequent legislation including the Workplace Relations Act 2015 which provided for the most profound changes since the 1946 Act. Under the provisions of the Act the Labour Court now has sole appellate jurisdiction in all disputes under employment rights enactments
The Court’s functions can be divided between those relating to industrial relations matters and those relating to the determination of appeals in matters of employment rights. With the enactment of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 the Labour Court now has sole appellate jurisdiction in all disputes arising under employment rights enactments.