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39 amending acts · 2026-06-29, revised-IE-2015-act-16@2026-06-29
Act to make provision as respects the resolution, mediation and adjudication of disputes and complaints relating to contraventions of, or entitlements under, certain enactments governing the employment relationship between employers and employees; for that purpose, to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as the Workplace Relations Commission; to provide for the dissolution of the Labour Relations Commission and the transfer of its functions to the aforementioned body; to provide for the dissolution of the Employment Appeals Tribunal and the transfer of its functions first instance to the aforementioned body and its appellate functions to the Labour Court; to provide for the transfer of the functions of the Director of the Equality Tribunal to the aforementioned body; to provide for the repeal of certain enactments; to provide for the amendment of certain enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith
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Part 2 Amendment of Statutory Instruments
| Reference (1) | Number and Year (2) | Short title (3) | Extent of Amendment (4) |
| 1. | S.I. No. 231 of 2000 | European Communities (Parental Leave) Regulations 2000 | The following Regulation is substituted for Regulation 8: “8. An adjudication officer within the meaning of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 or the Labour Court may, if the adjudication officer or the Labour Court, as the case may be, considers it reasonable to do so, having regard to the illness or other incapacity of an employee entitled to parental leave by virtue of Regulation 3 or any other circumstance, direct that the leave be taken at a time other than a time that accords with Regulation 4.”. |
| 2. | S.I. No. 131 of 2003 | European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003 | The following Regulation is substituted for Regulation 10: “Decision under section 41 of Workplace Relations Act 2015 10. A decision of an adjudication officer under section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 in relation to a complaint of a contravention of a provision (other than Regulation 4(4) (a) ) of these Regulations shall do one or more of the following, namely— |
| (a) declare that the complaint is or, as the case may be, is not well founded, | |||
| (b) require the employer to comply with these Regulations and, for that purpose, to take a specified course of action, or | |||
| (c) require the employer to pay to the employee compensation of such amount (if any) as the adjudication officer considers just and equitable in the circumstances, but— | |||
| (i) in the case of a contravention of Regulation 8, not exceeding 4 weeks’ remuneration and, | |||
| (ii) in the case of a contravention of any other Regulation, not exceeding 2 years’ remuneration, | |||
| in respect of the employee’s employment calculated in accordance with regulations made under section 17 of the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977.”. | |||
| The following Regulation is substituted for Regulation 11: “Decision of Labour Court on appeal from decision referred to in Regulation 10 | |||
| 11. A decision of the Labour Court under section 44 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015, on appeal from a decision of an adjudication officer referred to in Regulation 10, shall affirm, vary or set aside the decision of the adjudication officer.”. | |||
| 3. | S.I. No. 507 of 2006 | European Communities (Organisation of Working Time) (Mobile Staff in Civil Aviation) Regulations 2006 | The following Regulation is substituted for Regulation 15: “Decision under section 41 of Workplace Relations Act 2015 15. A decision of an adjudication officer under section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 in relation to a complaint of a contravention of these Regulations shall do one or more of the following, namely— |
| (a) declare that the complaint was or, as the case may be, was not well founded, | |||
| (b) require the employer to comply with the relevant provision, or | |||
| (c) require the employer to pay to the crew member compensation of such amount (if any) as the adjudication officer considers just and equitable having regard to all of the circumstances, but not exceeding 2 years’ remuneration in respect of the crew member’s employment.”. | |||
| The following Regulation is substituted for Regulation 16: “Decision of Labour Court on appeal from decision referred to in Regulation 10 | |||
| 16. A decision of the Labour Court under section 44 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015, on appeal from a decision of an adjudication officer referred to in Regulation 15, shall affirm, vary or set aside the decision of the adjudication officer.”. | |||
| 4. | S.I. No. 623 of 2006 | European Communities (European Public Limited - Liability Company) (Employee Involvement) Regulations 2006 | Schedule 2 is amended by— (a) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 2: “2. A decision of an adjudication officer under section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 in relation to a contravention of Regulation 19(1) shall do one or more of the following: |
| (a) declare that the complaint was or, as the case may be, was not well founded; | |||
| (b) require the relevant undertaking or the SE to take a specified course of action; | |||
| (c) require the relevant undertaking or the SE to pay to the person referred to in subparagraph (1) compensation of such amount (if any) as is just and equitable having regard to all the circumstances but not exceeding 2 years’ remuneration in respect of the person’s employment.”, and | |||
| (b) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 3: | |||
| “3. A decision of the Labour Court under section 44 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 on appeal from a decision of an adjudication officer referred to in paragraph 2 shall affirm, vary or set aside the decision of the adjudication officer.”. | |||
| 5. | S.I. No. 259 of 2007 | European Communities (European Cooperative Society) (Employee Involvement) Regulations 2007 | Schedule 2 is amended by— (a) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 2: “Decision under section 41 of Workplace Relations Act 2015 2. A decision of an adjudication officer under section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 in relation to a complaint by a person referred to in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) of Regulation 20(1) of a contravention by a relevant undertaking of that Regulation shall do one or more of the following, namely— |
| (a) declare that the complaint was or, as the case may be, was not well founded, | |||
| (b) require the relevant undertaking or the SCE to take a specified course of action, or | |||
| (c) require the relevant undertaking or the SCE to pay to the person referred to in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) of Regulation 20(1) compensation of such amount (if any) as the adjudication officer considers just and equitable having regard to all the circumstances but not exceeding 2 years’ remuneration in respect of the person’s employment.”, and | |||
| (b) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 3: “Decision of Labour Court on appeal from decision referred to in paragraph 2 | |||
| 3. A decision of the Labour Court under section 44 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015, on appeal from a decision of an adjudication officer referred to in paragraph 2, shall affirm, vary or set aside the decision of the adjudication officer.”. | |||
| 6. | F104[…] | F104[…] | F104[…] |
| 7. | S.I. No. 157 of 2008 | European Communities (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2008 | Schedule 2 is amended by— (a) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 2: “Decision under section 41 of Workplace Relations Act 2015 |
| 2. A decision of an adjudication officer under section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 in relation to a complaint by a person referred to in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) of Regulation 39(1) of a contravention by a relevant company of that Regulation shall do one or more of the following, namely— | |||
| (a) declare that the complaint was or, as the case may be, was not well founded; | |||
| (b) require the relevant company to take a specified course of action; | |||
| (c) require the relevant company to pay to the person referred to in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) of Regulation 39(1) compensation of such amount (if any) as adjudication officer considers just and equitable having regard to all the circumstances but not exceeding 2 years’ remuneration in respect of the person’s employment.”, and | |||
| (b) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 3: “Decision of Labour Court on appeal from decision referred to in paragraph 2 | |||
| 3. A decision of the Labour Court under section 44 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015, on appeal from a decision of an adjudication officer referred to in paragraph 2, shall affirm, vary or set aside the decision of the adjudication officer.”. | |||
| 8. | S.I. No. 377 of 2009 | European Communities (Working Conditions of Mobile Workers Engaged in Interoperable Cross-Border Services in the Railway Sector) Regulations 2009 | The following Regulation is substituted for Regulation 8: “Decision of adjudication officer under section 41 of Workplace Relations Act 2015 8. A decision of an adjudication officer under section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 in relation to a complaint of a contravention of these Regulations shall do one or more of the following, namely— |
| (a) declare that the complaint was or was not well founded, | |||
| (b) require the employer to comply with the relevant provision, or | |||
| (c) require the employer to pay to the mobile worker compensation of such amount (if any) as the adjudication officer considers just and equitable having regard to all the circumstances, but not exceeding 2 years’ remuneration in respect of the mobile worker’s employment.”. | |||
| The following Regulation is substituted for Regulation 9: “Decision of Labour Court on appeal from decision referred to in Regulation 8 | |||
| 9. A decision of the Labour Court under section 44 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015, on appeal from a decision of an adjudication officer referred to in Regulation 8, shall affirm, vary or set aside the decision of the adjudication officer.”. | |||
| 9. | S.I. No. 36 of 2012 | European Communities (Road Transport) (Organisation of Working Time of Persons Performing Mobile Road Transport Activities) Regulations 2012 | The following Regulation is substituted for Regulation 18: “Decision of adjudication officer under section 41 of Workplace Relations Act 2015 18. A decision of an adjudication officer under section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 in relation to a complaint of a contravention of Regulation 5, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 shall do one or more of the following, namely— |
| (a) declare that the complaint was or, as the case may be, was not well founded, | |||
| (b) require the employer to comply with the provisions of these Regulations that have been contravened, or | |||
| (c) require the employer to pay the mobile worker compensation of such amount (if any) as the adjudication officer considers just and equitable having regard to all of the circumstances, but not exceeding 104 weeks’ remuneration in respect of the mobile worker’s employment (calculated in accordance with requirements under section 17 of the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977).”. | |||
| The following Regulation is substituted for Regulation 19: “Decision of Labour Court on appeal from decision referred to in Regulation 18 | |||
| 19. A decision of the Labour Court under section 44 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015, on appeal from a decision of an adjudication officer referred to in Regulation 18, shall affirm, vary or set aside the decision of the adjudication officer.”. |
Footnotes
1
OJ No. L134 of 30.4.2004, p. 1
2
OJ No. L134 of 30.4.2004, p. 114
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Regulation (EU) No 376/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the reporting, analysis and follow-up of occurrences in civil aviation, amending Regulation (EU) No 996/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Commission and repealing Directive 2003/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 1321/2007 and (EC) No 1330/2007.
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