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Managing Bereavement in the Workplace

This guidance aims to help employers manage this difficult situation through appropriate and sensitive discussions with their employee, both in the immediate aftermath of bereavement and in the longer term.

Advice on Social Media and the Employment Relationship

It's hard to think of a bigger change in the workplace over the last 10 years than the arrival of social media as a means of communication. Their rapid rise in prevalence and importance is changing the nature of work and how it balances with our private lives.

Labour Relations Agency Annual Public Board Meeting

Thurs 24 Oct 2019, 11.30am - 1pm, Malone House, Belfast, free parking. Lunch provided.

Annual lecture: Early Conciliation - a new service required by Employment Act (NI) 2016 from January 2020.

Employee grievances

November 2021

This Information Note provides guidance on general principles in relation to employee grievances. It is not a substitute for the Agency’s Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures.

Statistics Hub

The Labour Relations Agency produces a wide range of statistics in the course of its service delivery. We believe that a lot of the information we hold may be of interest to a range of individuals, including researchers and students, and groups including trade unions and employer organisations.

So when releasing statistics we choose those which we think are of wide interest.

Flexible Futures Conference - March 2024

Our Flexible Futures conference, organised in partnership with Timely Careers and supported by the Department for the Economy, took place in Stranmillis College on 14 March 2024. It brought together several key speakers from Government, business and academia to present the rationale and the personal, business and economic benefits of flexible working.

Potential Problems at Christmas Time

The Labour Relations Agency Workplace Information Service receives enquiries every Christmas from businesses with questions and problems.

To help you prepare and avoid potential issues we have compiled some frequently asked questions which we receive each Christmas season.

Advice on Trade Union Representation in the Workplace

This guide is for employers, trade unions and union workplace representatives. It gives advice on the provision of time off, training and facilities to enable union representatives to carry out their duties. It covers statutory and non-statutory representatives.

#FlexibleFutures24 - Highlights Video

This video provides an overview of our #FlexibleFutures24 conference on 14 March 2024.

What a great day it was hearing from lots of inspirational speakers with a wealth of evidence about how to make flexible working work! We are grateful to all our speakers and attendees for making it such a success, and especially to our partners, Timely Careers and the Department for the Economy for the key role they played in making the conference happen.