Labour Court allows Brendan Dolan’s appeal of WRC time-limit decision to proceed

The Labour Court held that Brendan Dolan could appeal a Workplace Relations Commission decision that his complaint under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act was out of time. Its determination was dated 15 September 2022. Dolan argued that the WRC decision was appealable; the HSE argued that the Labour Court had no jurisdiction to hear the appeal. The court decided only that the WRC decision was capable of appeal. It did not decide the underlying complaint, so the merits were not decided.