Ireland: Government proposes new employment rights framework

On 18 March 2008, the Irish government published the Employment Rights Compliance Bill, which is aimed at overhauling the framework for the enforcement of employment rights, notably by establishing a statutory National Employment Rights Authority.

The government had made a commitment to introduce legislation to improve compliance with employment law as part of the current national social partnership agreement, Towards 2016, in the light of trade union concerns about problems in this area.