Labour relations agencies ‘overwhelmed’
The union leader said as part of the redeployment provisions contained in the recently ratified Croke Park agreement, as “efficiencies” are found in other areas workers could be transferred to labour relations work.
The call follows Labour Relation Commission (LRC) chief executive Kieran Mulvey telling a weekend conference at UCD, to mark 20 years of the Industrial Relations Act, that, due to the thousands of referrals currently being received, the commission was “overwhelmed” and investigating all the cases was impossible.
