Surveying the Scene: how Representatives’ Views Informed a New Era in Irish Workplace Dispute Resolution

Authors

Brian Barry, Technological University DublinFollow

Document Type

Article

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

5.5 LAW

Publication Details

(2018) 41(1) Dublin University Law Journal 45

Abstract

The Workplace Relations Act 2015 introduced a major overhaul of workplace dispute resolution bodies in Ireland, streamlining a complicated system for resolving workplace disputes comprising multiple fora into a two-tier structure. The article describes and analyses the results of two surveys undertaken by the author of the views of employment law and industrial relations practitioners and other representatives in Ireland before the reforms in 2011 and after the reforms in 2016. This article describes the purpose, methodology and considers the results of both surveys. The 2011 survey informed the agenda for reforming the Irish workplace dispute resolution system in 2015. The 2016 survey informed the new workplace dispute resolution bodies where improvements could be made. The impact of these surveys will be considered in the context of recent developments in the operation of the new system.

Recommended Citation

Barry, B. (2019) Surveying the Scene: how Representatives’ Views Informed a New Era in Irish Workplace Dispute Resolution, (2018) 41(1) Dublin University Law Journal, 45.