Appointment to Chairperson of the Labour Relations Agency Board
Appointment to Chairperson of the Labour Relations Agency Board
Employment and Learning Minister, Sir Reg Empey, has confirmed the appointment of Mr James McCusker as Chairperson of the Labour Relations Agency Board (LRA).
Mr McCusker has over 35 years of full time involvement in employee relations as a trade union official. For 26 years until his recent retirement, he was General Secretary of the Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance, the largest trade union in Northern Ireland representing 40,000 members in the civil, public and voluntary sectors. He is currently a member of the Public Service Commission, NI Economic Development Forum and the Industrial Court. He is a member of the board of governors of St Patrick’s College Belfast and of the European Economic and Social Committee. He also a member of the board of Concordia, which promotes social partnership between trade unions, employers, farmers and voluntary and community interests. He has been a member of the Board of the Labour Relations Agency since 2003.