Industrial Relations

The nature of the Plaintiff’s business in the construction industry required Employees to attend at construction sites to carry out their work.

A new public sector pay deal has been approved in principle and will see public sector workers receiving salary increases of 10.25% over a two-and-a-half year period.

On Friday of last week, August 25^th, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment for Business, Neale Richmond, signed an Employment Regulation Order for the Security Industry.

Earlier this summer the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) published its Annual Report for 2022 providing key insights into the types of employment claims lodged and identifying specific areas which were more prevalent across the country.

In June, the Labour Court published their Annual Report for 2022 and saw the number of appeals and referrals received by the Court return to pre-pandemic figures. There was an increase of 97% in appeals received in 2022.

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) published its annual report for 2021 last week. It provides some interesting insights into complaints being brought forward by employees and highlights some trends when compared to previous years.