This section of the website will provide you with links to valuable resources for your information. And you will also find more resources, including all National Federation publications, under our Publications section.
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Links by first letter: (L)
- Labour Court
http://www.labourcourt.ie/labour/labour.nsf/lookuppagelink/flashpage.htm
The Labour Court was established to provide a free, comprehensive
service for the resolution of disputes about industrial relations,
equality, organisation of working time, national minimum wage,
part-time work and fixed-term work matters. The Labour Court is not a
court of law. It operates as an industrial relations tribunal hearing
both sides in a case and then issuing a Recommendation (or
Determination/Decision/Order, depending of the type of case) setting
out its opinion on the dispute and the terms on which it should be
settled. The Labour Court website provides a database of
Recommendations, Determinations, Decisions (the web version of the
database is updated daily). You can search by Dispute Type, by Parties
Alphabetically, by Legislative Type or by Case Number.
- Labour Relations Commission
http://www.lrc.ie/docs/Welcome/4.htm
The Labour Relations Commission was established on 21 January, 1991
under section 24 of the Industrial Relations Act, 1990.
The Commission promotes the development and improvement of Irish
industrial relations policies, procedures and practices through the
provision of appropriate, timely and effective services to employers,
trade unions and employees. The Commission carries out this mission by
providing the following specific services:
- an industrial relations conciliation service
- an industrial relations advisory, development and research service
- a Rights Commissioner service
- assistance to Joint Labour Committees and Joint Industrial Councils in the exercise of their functions
- Law Reform Commission
http://www.lawreform.ie/
The overall function of the Law Reform Commission is to keep the law
under review and make recommendations for its reform. Some recent
consultation papers include:
- Léargas
http://www.leargas.ie/
Léargas is Ireland's National Agency for the management of National,
European and International co-operation programmes involving: Education
and Lifelong Learning; Vocational Education and Training; Youth and
Community Work; Guidance in Education.
- Learning Point
http://www.learningpoint.ie/
learningpoint.ie is the one-stop-shop about training and development
for staff and volunteers working in community and voluntary
organisations in Ireland, developed by The Wheel. Launched in
September 2006, learningpoint.ie enables you to access an extensive
database of training courses and providers for the Sector, along with
everything you need to know about training.
- Lyons Charity Giveaway - €10,000 per month
http://www.lyonscharitygiveaway.ie/
Lyons Tea will be giving away €120,000 to Irish charities over a year.
By giving you the chance to win €10,000 for your favourite charity,
each month! Tell us what extraordinary qualities your favourite Irish
charity shows and you could be giving them a cheque for €10,000! And
you can enter every month if you like. To enter, collect 20 tokens
from special Lyons Tea packs. And send them, together with your
description of how your favourite charity shows extraordinary
qualities, with your name, address and telephone number to: Lyons
Charity Promotion, PO Box 10850, Dublin 2. Closing date for entries
is 31.8.2008.