Publications

Research carried out by Queen’s University Belfast assessing the impact of parental leave policies on a range of labour market outcomes for both men and women using the UK household longitudinal study for 12 consecutive waves, 2010-2021.

Equality screening in regards to the Amendment of the Parental  Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Regulations to include Miscarriage Leave and Pay entitlement 

The Department for the Economy is seeking to appoint a Certification Officer (CO) for Northern Ireland. The term of office is for five years and, subject to satisfactory performance, the CO may be offered reappointment at the end of their term for a further period of

Section 9 of the Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 requires the Department for the Economy (DfE) to review the operation of Early Conciliation after 12 months and again after 36 months of operation.

This equality screening relates to the Posted Workers (Agency Workers) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020.

This document is to help employers, employees and the self-employed understand how to work safely and keep your clients safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring as many people as possible comply with social distancing guidelines.

Application form for payment of pension scheme contributions - RP15

RP16 - Actuarial Certificate

Privacy Notice advising how the Department for the Economy's Employment Agency Inspectorate (EAI) handles personal data.

Privacy Notice outlining how personal information will be handled by the Redundancy Payment Service.

This is a short guide to the Public Interest Disclosure (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, which protects workers who ‘blow the whistle’ about wrongdoing.

This page also contains useful information and links to guidance material.

If you do not wish to apply online you can download an application form from this page.

Human trafficking: involves the acquisition and movement of people by improper means, such as force, threat or deception for the purpose of exploitation.Slavery, servitude and forced labour:is work or service that is exacted from any person under menace of any penalty, and for

The Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (the ‘2016 Regulations’) implement elements of European Directive No. 2003/88/EC and European Directive 94/33/EC concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time. 

The Department has issued a statement in relation to the entitlements of fee-paid chairmen and legally qualified members of the industrial tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal.

Statement to fee paid Chairmen of Industrial Tribunals & The Fair Employment Tribunal

To establish a more user focused and efficient tribunal service.

To identify the means by which the Department will achieve a reduction in the staffing budget of 10% during the 2015-16 financial year.

A table of Statutory rules