Alan Haugh BL was a practicing barrister, specialising in employment and industrial relations law, until his appointment as Deputy Chairman of the Labour Court in September 2015. Alan was previously Head of Employment Law at IBEC, Legal Adviser to NERA, and a Senior Associate at A&L Goodbody. He advised the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation during the course of the drafting of the Workplace Relations Act 2015.
Alan Haugh BL writes:
The Government, at its meeting on 8 July 2014, formally approved the publication of the Workplace Relations Bill 2014. The Bill has been in preparation by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation since 2012 and is the culmination of a wide-ranging programme of reform of the State’s employment rights and industrial relations institutions undertaken by Minister Bruton on taking office in 2011.
The Department engaged in widespread public consultation with interested parties on two occasions before the heads of bill were drawn up. Many of the suggestions made to the Minister in the course of the consultations are reflected in the Bill as published. The Minister also engaged with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Jobs,
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