"To promote the development and improvement of Irish industrial relations policies, procedures and practices through the provision of appropriate, timely and effective services to employers, trade unions and employees"

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The Commission carries out this mission by providing the following specific services:

• an industrial relations Conciliation Service
• industrial relations Advisory, Training and Research Services
• a Rights Commissioner Service
• a Workplace Mediation Service
• assistance to Joint Labour Committees and Joint Industrial Councils in the exercise of their functions

The Commission undertakes other activities of a developmental nature relating to the improvement of industrial relations practices including:

• the review and monitoring of developments in the area of industrial relations
• the preparation, in consultation with the social partners, of codes of practice relevant to industrial relations
• industrial relations research and publications
• organisation of seminars/conferences on industrial relations/human resource management issues.

Legal Status
The Labour Relations Commission was established on 21 January, 1991 under section 24 of the Industrial Relations Act, 1990.