Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The workplace relations commission will only adjudicate on claims for breach or complaint. The protection against victimisation is at the core of the aforementioned Acts. The commission will adjudicate on cases or on appeal but the parent Acts offer protection against victimisation in each case. That is the legislative basis on which the Labour Court will consider the merit of individual cases.

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