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Workplace Relations Notices
Publication of Freedom of Information Schemes
The WRC, Labour Court, EAT and Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation have published their FOI Information Scheme documents.
Census 2016
The next census will take place on Sunday April 24th, 2016. Census enumerators are currently visiting every home in Ireland to deliver census forms.
Agreement boosts cross border protection for workers in Ireland
Exploited workers look set to benefit from additional protection in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic after the Gangmasters Licensing Association...
Launch of Online Employment Permits Application Status Enquiry Tool
The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mr. Richard Bruton TD, welcomed the launch this week of a new service for the users of the Employment...
Employers’ Disability Information Service Launched
The new national Employers Disability Information service (EDI) designed to provide employers with an expert peer source of advice and information on...
Minister Nash encourages interested parties to make submissions to Low Pay Commission on new round of work
LPC examining preponderance of women on minimum wage, the appropriateness of sub-minima rates for young people and the rate of the National Minimum Wage
Minister Nash Publishes Government Commissioned Report on Zero Hour Contracts
The Minister for Business and Employment Ged Nash TD has published a new report, “A Study on the Prevalence of Zero Hours Contracts among Irish Employers and...
Budget 2016
Budget 2016 “hits the bullseye for startups, entrepreneurs and jobs”, as it incentivises innovative startups, rewards successful entrepreneurs and makes sure...
Bruton launches new era for employment rights and industrial relations
The Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton TD and the Minister of State for Business and Employment Ged Nash TD today announced a new era for employment rights and...
Progress on Workplace Relations Reform
The Workplace Relations Act 2015, which reforms the State's employment rights and industrial relations structures, will commence on 1st October 2015
Minister Bruton signs new Statutory Instruments
The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mr. Richard Bruton T.D., has recently signed into effect a number of Employment Rights and Industrial...
Workers can now accrue annual leave while on long-term sick leave
“We are striking the right balance between protecting the rights of vulnerable workers who are ill and trying to minimise the cost to business” - Minister Nash
Low Pay Commission recommends increase in National Minimum Wage of 50 cent to €9.15
The Low Pay Commission is recommending an increase in the National Minimum Wage of 50 cent per hour.
Collective Bargaining and Registered Employment Agreements legislation passes
The Minister for Business and Employment, Ged Nash, TD, has announced that the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015 has passed all stages.
Minister Bruton Delivers on Workplace Reform
The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, TD today (Monday) welcomed the signing into law of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 and...
Minister Bruton welcomes MRCI paper on Childcare & Domestic Work Sector
The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mr Richard Bruton TD, today (Wednesday) welcomed the publication by the Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland of...
Industrial Relations News
The Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015 was published on Thursday 14th May 2015. The National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill was published on...
Employment Permits - Trusted Partner Initiative
The objective of the initiative is to ease the administrative burden on employers/connected persons/EEA contractors in expansion mode and to remove the...
Government agrees major reforming industrial relations legislation
Legislation will provide significant strengthening of laws to protect and promote workers’ rights and the low paid, and certainty for businesses and...
Minister Bruton calls for applications for membership of Board of the Workplace Relations Commission
The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD, is inviting people from worker, employer and equality backgrounds, and those with...