Supreme Court ruling has important implications for the future operation of the State’s workplace dispute resolution process

Court said it expected its observations about the need for 'enhanced independence' by adjudication officers of the Workplace Relations Commission 'will be taken on board'

The ruling, agreed by a majority of the seven judge court, arose from the court’s 4/3 majority judgment earlier this month on Tomasz Zalewski’s challenge to the WRC process. File Picture

The Supreme Court has delivered a ruling with important implications for the future operation of the State’s workplace dispute resolution process.

The court said it expected its observations about the need for “enhanced independence” by adjudication officers (AOs) of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) “will be taken on board” in light of findings the WRC is exercising limited powers of administration of justice.