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JOBS MINISTER RICHARD Bruton today confirmed plans to merge Ireland’s five existing workplace relations agencies into just two.
The Workplace Relations Bill 2014, as had been mooted, would create the Workplace Relations Commission for initial complaints, and keep in place the Labour Court, for subsequent appeals.
The functions of the existing Labour Relations Commission (LRC), National Employment Rights Authority (NERA), Equality Tribunal, and Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) will be folded into the two bodies.
In a statement this evening, Bruton claimed that the legislation – which has secured government backing – would cut staffing costs by 20% and reduce budgets by €2m (or 10%)
He also promised a better service to “employers and employees who wish to avoid or resolve disputes…or have employment rights enforced or adjudicated.”
“Enactment of the legislation is targeted by the end of 2014,” Bruton added.
The Fine Gael TD began a two-part public consultation on labour dispute resolution in 2011.
The aim of the reform was to simplify and speed up Ireland’s workplace complaints process, which at one time required the completion of 30 separate forms, and took up to two years.
After eight separate reports, the department found that the dispute resolution process was “so complex that even experienced practitioners find it difficult to comprehend.”
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Cut staff costs! Not a single person will loose their job they will just be redeployed somewhere else, moving the pieces around the board!
Yeah, just like all the other quangos that merged. Guess what they’ll flout near elections…..we cut all the quangos as promised. Same tricks different party.
we’ll be lucky if there even moved around (i.e irish water)
How come there is no mention of Garth Brooks in this article?
The matter of the employee who neglected to mention Mr. Brooks has been referred to the Workplace Relations Commission. We can expect to hear from them in early 2017.
We can no longer expect to hear from Mr. Brooks.
Thanks again Bertie for another of your many legacies…..
Begob dat’s mighty. I take it all current employees will be retained, plus a few new recruits to supervise them?
What do these clowns in these agencies. Actually do all day And how on earth will we live without them
Legislation on this is way over due and severely watered down. I suppose there is people waiting to see the government fall before it can be enacted.
Sure why not ,
Workers haven’t any rights left anyway
Unless your a Banker or Pollination
* damn autocorrect
Same auld crap.
A load of b-llox
Musical chairs.
The workings of these five agencies will probably be in the thrall of a civil servant whose appetite for industrial relations is as intensive as an appetite for cold porridge, – if Bruton’s pathetic, bumbling track record in appointing honchos is anything to go by.
Moving the deck chairs around on the Titanic !
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