Prof Michael Doherty chaired the inaugural meeting of the new Employment Law Review Group (ELRG). Prof Doherty was appointed Chair by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE), Peter Burke TD. Minister Burke, and Minister of State for Small Business and Retail, Alan Dillon TD, welcomed and addressed the Group’s members.
The ELRG’s function is to monitor, review, and advise on all aspects of employment and redundancy law, with a specific focus on promoting good workplace relations in the State, simplifying the operation of employment and redundancy law in the State, and ensuring that the State’s suite of employment rights and redundancy legislation remains relevant and fit for purpose and is updated to reflect international developments.
Prof Doherty was appointed as Chair of the Group, the members of which have expertise in employment and redundancy law, including practitioners (the legal profession and accountants/liquidators), users (business and unions), regulators (implementation and enforcement bodies) and representatives from government departments. Prof Doherty had previously Chaired the Irish Government’s LEEF High Level Working Group on collective bargaining and industrial relations in Ireland. The Final report of the LEEF High-Level Working Group on Collective Bargaining was published in 2022.
Mr Kevin Duffy, barrister and former Chair of the Labour Court, who is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Maynooth University, was also appointed by the Minister as a member of the ELRG.
Prof Doherty is a Full Professor of Law at Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology where he teaches Employment Law and Introduction to Law to BCL/ LLB students.