Dublin City University

This Practice Note examines the nature of employment relationships in Ireland when determining employee status. It considers employment status and why it is important to determine the status of an individual. It discusses the various statutory definitions of 'employee'. This Practice Note considers the tests to determine status: the control test, the integration test and the entrepreneurial or enterprise test. It discusses the requirement for a mutuality of obligations and it considers the Supreme Court’s position on employment status as set out in ‘The Revenue Commissioners v Karshan (Midlands) Ltd T/A Dominos Pizza [2023] IESC 24 (the Domino’s Pizza case)’ and the Revenue Commissioners’ guidelines for determining employment status.

This Practice Note sets out the background to the establishment of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) in Ireland, describes the functions of the WRC and the process for submitting a complaint to the WRC.

This Practice Note provides a general introduction to the mediation process, using meditation to resolve employment and workplace disputes and explains what mediation is and the general benefits of mediation. It provides an outline of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) mediation service, how to access the WRC’s mediation services and the mediation process.