This six-month Progress Report and Commentary is designed to outline the work undertaken by the Commission to date, the progress made against our longer-term targets and to provide some early insight into trends emerging in dispute resolution, adjudication, labour inspection, and enforcement.
The report has some interesting information, as well as a history of how the WRC got to where it is now at since October:
Almost one third (31%) of the type of calls received concerned work permits. The next biggest topic was working time, with 17%.
71% of calls came from employees; 21% from employers.
In relation to adjudication of individual employment disputes, significant improvements have occurred in terms of waiting times, both for hearing (averaging three months) and issuing of decisions (averaging 40 days)
The number of legacy employment rights cases on hands at 1 October 2015 has fallen substantially from 2,400 to just over 1,000
The back log of equality cases has been reduced by a third while the waiting time has been cut from 104 weeks to 53 weeks over the past 15 months.
Almost 200 adjudication decisions have been posted on the website
In relation to inspections and enforcement duties, the WRC has recovered €665,208 in unpaid wages and has concluded 2465 cases
DisclaimerThe information in this article is provided as part of Legal Island's Employment Law Hub. We regret we are not able to respond to requests for specific legal or HR queries and recommend that professional advice is obtained before relying on information supplied anywhere within this article.This article is correct at 15/06/2016
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