The Workplace Relations Act 2015: A Ten-Year Retrospective
Ten years on, the Workplace Relations Act 2015 has transformed Ireland's employment dispute resol...
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The Workplace Relations Commission published a Code of Practice on the Right to Request Flexible ...
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The Annual Report of the Workplace Relations Commission highlights that during 2022 the number of...
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WRC lifts the cover on a sham redundancy and finds Bar Manager was unfairly dismissed as a result...
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