Workplace Relations Commission needs €1.5m to fill 25 vacancies

The WRC has been able to increase the number of hearings it held in 2021 by 75% to clear a Covid-induced backlog. In total, it held 3,320 hearings, mostly remotely. File Photo: Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie

There are 25 vacancies in the Workplace Relations Commission that will require €1.5 million a year in salary to fill, it has emerged.

Figures released to Labour TD Alan Kelly via parliamentary question show that the State's employment rights and industrial relations watchdog has vacancies from the assistant principal grade down to the clerical officer level.