New Workplace Relations Service to deal with Employment Rights

24 Jan 2012

New WorkPlace Relations Service to deal with Employment Rights

The new WorkPlace Relations Service provides information on employment rights and employers obligations under employment, equality, equal status and industrial relations legislation and sets out the resolution and redress options available where disputes or potential contraventions arise.

The establishment of a single website to support information provision and the State's services across the employment, equality, equal status and industrial relations areas was one of a number of measures announced by Richard Bruton, T.D., Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in July, 2011 as part of his proposals to streamline and reform public service delivery in these important areas.

The new Website is an interim measure to gain an early single web presence and to support the phased replacement of all existing websites. While the websites of the Labour Relations Commission, National Employment Rights Authority, Employment Appeals Tribunal, the Labour Court and the Equality Tribunal will remain in place during the lifetime of this interim website they will be replaced in due course on the launch of the final Single Website for Workplace Relations.

As part of the process of reforming Irish Employment Rights and Industrial Relations structures, a new Single Complaint Form has been created, replacing many of the forms used by the Employment Appeals Tribunal, Labour Relations Commission, National Employment Rights Authority, Equality Tribunal and Labour Court. This new form should be used for lodging new employment-related complaints.

The Form and its Guidance Notes are available from the new WorkPlace Relations website www.workplacerelations.ie and the WorkPlace Relations Service can be contacted by telephone on telephone: (059) 917 8990 or Locall: 1890 80 80 90.

For more information contact the INOU on 01 - 856 0088 our use our Contact Us form.