Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty TD has announced her intention to take the opportunity in the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 which she introduced to the Dail on 14th February at Second Stage to introduce an amendment to section 8 of the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 to allow for stronger enforcement of the legislation by the Workplace Relations Commission. The Minister stated that “At present, adjudication officers of the WRC do not have powers to compel witnesses to attend a hearing to give evidence in cases taken under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977. The WRC has similar powers of witness compellability under other employment rights
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