Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003
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Enforcement of determinations of Labour Court. |
16.—(1) If an employer fails to carry out in accordance with its terms a determination of the Labour Court in relation to a complaint under section 14 within 6 weeks from the date on which the determination is communicated to the parties, the Circuit Court shall, on application to it in that behalf by— | |
(a) the employee concerned, | ||
(b) with the consent of the employee, any trade union of which the employee is a member, or | ||
(c) the Minister, if the Minister considers it appropriate to make the application having regard to all the circumstances, | ||
without hearing the employer or any evidence (other than in relation to the matters aforesaid) make an order directing the employer to carry out the determination in accordance with its terms. | ||
(2) The reference in subsection (1) to a determination of the Labour Court is a reference to such a determination in relation to which, at the expiration of the time for bringing an appeal against it, no such appeal has been brought, or if such an appeal has been brought it has been abandoned and the references to the date on which the determination is communicated to the parties shall, in a case where such an appeal is abandoned, be read as a reference to the date of that abandonment. | ||
(3) The Circuit Court may, in an order under this section, if in all the circumstances it considers it appropriate to do so, where the order relates to the payment of compensation, direct the employer concerned to pay to the employee concerned interest on the compensation at the rate referred to in section 22 of the Courts Act 1981 in respect of the whole or any part of the period beginning 6 weeks after the date on which the determination of the Labour Court is communicated to the parties and ending on the date of the order. | ||
(4) An application under this section to the Circuit Court shall be made to the judge of the Circuit Court for the circuit in which the employer concerned ordinarily resides or carries on any profession, business or occupation. |