Gerry McMahon is an acknowledged national expert in People Management. He has over 35 years’ experience - as a workplace investigator (on bullying/harassment/ disciplinary/dismissal/grievance issues), trainer, negotiator, facilitator, mediator, arbitrator and team builder - across a wide range of employment sectors. He is the M.D. of the H.R. training and advisory company Productive Personnel Ltd.
Gerry has also had an extensive range of books and articles published and been a columnist with the Industrial Relations News, Irish Times, Sunday Business Post, and Irish Independent and expert commentator on H.R./Employee Relations for R.T.E. and TV3/Virgin. He has also served on numerous Legal Island and C.I.P.D. judging panels and is a Council member of the Irish Association for Industrial Relations.
Contact: Tel. 087-2471415; E-Mail: ppl1gerry@gmail.com
The Adjudication Context ⚓︎
The Workplace Relations Commission’s (WRC) adjudication service investigates disputes, grievances and claims made by individuals or small groups under employment, equality and equal status legislation. Under Section 41 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015, Adjudication Officers (AO) are obliged to ‘inquire into’ complaints or disputes referred to them by the Commission’s Director General. The same legislation also directs AOs to ‘give the parties to the complaint or dispute an opportunity to be heard’ and to present relevant evidence.
Arising therefrom, the fully independent AO has sole responsibility and is obliged to ‘make a decision’ – or ‘recommendation’ in the case of industrial relations-type disputes - in accord with the relevant legislative provisions. In their role in
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