The changing role of employment tribunals: The case of the Employment Appeals Tribunal in Ireland

Deborah Hann and Paul Teague
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Deborah Hann: Cardiff Business School, UK
Paul Teague: Queen’s University Belfast, UK

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2012, vol. 33, issue 3, 531-549

Abstract: Employment tribunals were first established to provide a cheap and accessible service for the quick resolution of legally based employment disputes. With the decline of collective industrial relations and the growth of legislation on individual employment rights, employment tribunals have acquired a new prominence. However, in doing so employment tribunals have also been heavily criticized for becoming too legalistic and formal. This article takes issue with this tendency to criticize the work of employment tribunals. It closely investigates the role of the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) in Ireland and finds that while it has become legalistic it still plays an important role in employment standard-setting. The article argues that employment relations systems in Anglo-Saxon countries are increasingly rights-based and that bodies like the EAT now play a key role in the functioning of such systems.

Keywords: dispute resolution; employment rights; role of employment tribunals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831X11419249

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