Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997

References to rights commissioner by Minister.

31.—Where—

(a) it appears to the Minister that an employer is not complying with a relevant provision (within the meaning of section 27 ) in relation to a particular employee,

(b) a complaint under section 27 , in relation to the matter, has not been presented to a rights commissioner by that employee or any trade union of which he or she is a member, and

(c) the circumstances touching the matter are, in the opinion of the Minister, such as to make it unreasonable to expect the employee or any trade union of which he or she is a member to present such a complaint,

the Minister may present a complaint in relation to the matter to a rights commissioner and a complaint so presented shall be dealt with, and the provisions of this Part shall, with any necessary modifications, apply to the complaint, as if it were a complaint presented by the employee concerned under section 27 .