Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act, 2012 (No 32 of 2012)

The main provisions of the Act implement the commitment in the Programme for Government to reform the Joint Labour Committee system and rectify deficiencies in the legal framework highlighted in the High Court judgment in the John Grace Fried Chicken case.

The Act also reflects recommendations for reform that were set out in the Independent Review of Employment Regulation Orders and Registered Employment Agreement Wage Setting Mechanisms in April 2011.