Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015
New section 11A inserted into Principal Act | ||
34. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 11: | ||
“Interim relief pending determination of claim for unfair dismissal | ||
11A. (1) Where a worker has made a claim under paragraph (aa) of section 6 (2) of the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 , he or she may apply to the Circuit Court for interim relief pending determination of that claim. | ||
(2) Schedule 1 (other than paragraph 1(1)) to the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 shall apply to an application under subsection (1) with the following modifications: | ||
(a) the references to ‘employee’ shall be construed as references to ‘worker or employee’; | ||
(b) in paragraph 2(1) the reference to ‘the employee having made a protected disclosure’ shall be construed as a reference to ‘the grounds specified in paragraph (aa) of section 6 (2) of the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 ’. | ||
(3) An application to the Circuit Court under this section shall be made to the Circuit Court sitting in the circuit in which the employer concerned carries on his or her business.”. |