Useful links for employment law practice in Northern Ireland, and the organisations ELG works alongside.
The tribunals
- Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal (OITFET)Official site: making a claim, forms, practice directions and the weekly hearing schedule
- OITFET decisions searchSearch published Industrial Tribunal and Fair Employment Tribunal decisions
- Presidential GuidanceGuidance issued by the President of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal
- Practice directionsCurrent practice directions for the tribunals
Judgments and legislation
- Judiciary NI judicial decisionsJudgments of the Court of Appeal and High Court in Northern Ireland
- BAILII Northern IrelandFree access to Northern Ireland case law, including tribunal decisions
- Employment Rights (NI) Order 1996The core employment rights legislation, on legislation.gov.uk
Public bodies
- Labour Relations AgencyEarly conciliation, codes of practice and employment relations guidance
- LRA early conciliationHow early conciliation works before a tribunal claim
- Equality Commission for Northern IrelandEquality law guidance, codes of practice and the Commission’s casework
- Department for the Economy: employment rightsEmployment law policy, consultations and legislation in Northern Ireland
- nidirect: employmentPlain-English information on employment rights for the public
Partner organisations
- The Bar of Northern IrelandFind a barrister and information about the Bar
- Law Society of Northern IrelandThe professional body for solicitors in Northern Ireland
- Employment Lawyers Association (ELA)The UK-wide association for employment lawyers, which has a dedicated Northern Ireland representative
- Employment Law Association of Ireland (ELAI)The association for employment lawyers in the Republic of Ireland