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Employee-led Early Conciliation
From 27 January 2020 anyone who wishes to lodge a claim with the Industrial or Fair Employment Tribunal must first notify the Labour Relations Agency and discuss the option of Early Conciliation. You will not be able to proceed to tribunal without at least considering this option.
LRA response to DEL review of the NI employment dispute resolution system
4th September 2009
This paper gives the Agency's response to the Department of Employment and Learning's consultation questions.
Discrimination
Employers have a legal duty to ensure that they do not treat an individual less favourably on any grounds related to their age, gender, marital status, disability, race/nationality, sexual orientation, religious belief or political opinion.
Advice on Non-union Representation in the Workplace
This guide is for employers and non-union workplace representatives. It gives advice on the provision of time off, training and facilities to enable non-union representatives to carry out their duties. It covers statutory and non-statutory representatives.
#FlexibleFutures24 - Highlights Video
This video provides an overview of our #FlexibleFutures24 conference on 14 March 2024.
What a great day it was hearing from lots of inspirational speakers with a wealth of evidence about how to make flexible working work! We are grateful to all our speakers and attendees for making it such a success, and especially to our partners, Timely Careers and the Department for the Economy for the key role they played in making the conference happen.
Insolvency Information Pack
April 2024
- HAVE YOU LOST YOUR JOB?
- IS YOUR EMPLOYER EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES?
- HAS THIS RESULTED IN YOU NOT RECEIVING PAYMENTS OWED E.G. NOTICE/REDUNDANCY PAY, HOLIDAY PAY, WAGES?
- ARE YOU UNSURE OF WHAT YOU SHOULD DO NEXT?
Guide to LRA Services
February 2013
Advice on Conducting Employment Investigations
This guide is designed primarily for medium-sized organisations in Northern Ireland but the core principles apply as much to small and micro-employers as well as multi-nationals.
Conciliation services
We offer free conciliation services to help parties involved in a workplace dispute to come to a legally binding resolution, without needing to go through a public tribunal. We offer both individual conciliation and collective conciliation, for example where an issue affects a number of employees.
Flexible Working
Flexible working can deliver a win-win situation where employees are happier and more engaged because they are better able to manage the various demands on their time.