Workplace Relations Commission

Workplace Relations Commission
State Agency of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment overview
Formed1 October 2015
Preceding agencies
  • Labour Relations Commission
  • Employment Appeals Tribunal
  • National Employment Rights Authority
JurisdictionIreland
HeadquartersO'Brien Road, Carlow, R93 E920
Employees246 (2021)[1]
Annual budget€15.170m (2021)[2]
State Agency of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment executives
Parent departmentDepartment of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Websitehttps://www.workplacerelations.ie/

The Workplace Relations Commission (also known as its abbreviation, the WRC and sometimes referred to as the Commission) is the independent State agency responsible for industrial relations in Ireland, established under the Workplace Relations Act 2015. [3]

Upon its formation, it replaced, and took over all the functions of the Labour Relations Commission, Employment Appeals Tribunal and the National Employment Rights Authority. [4]

  1. ^ "Workplace Relations Commission Annual Report 2021" (PDF). Workplace Relations Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Workplace Relations Commission Annual Report 2021" (PDF). Workplace Relations Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Workplace Relations Commission". Citizens Information Board. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Workplace Relations Act 2015 – No. 16 of 2015 – Houses of the Oireachtas". Houses of the Oireachtas. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2022.