CareerWise Sponsor CIPD Midwest Event – WRC Adjudication

Left to right: Josephine Butler (CIPD), Pat O’Donoghue (SIPTU), Brendan Long (CareerWise Recruitment), Joe Robbins (CareerWise Recruitment), Michael O’Connor (CareerWise Recruitment) and Lavinia Ryan (VHI). Picture: Keith Wiseman

CareerWise Recruitment proudly sponsored a recent seminar in the Radisson Hotel, Ennis Road, Limerick.

About the Event

The seminar explored how a WRC Adjudication meeting will operate.

The WRC is now operating for more than one year and we are exploring how a WRC Adjudication meeting works. The seminar explained what to do when you are invited to a WRC hearing and addressed the following topics:

How to prepare for an Adjudication hearing
- What documents need to be filled
- What time limits apply
How the Adjudication hearing will be conducted
How to best represent your company at a WRC hearing
How the Adjudication will take place
What are the feedback on the WRC and what changes are planned for the near future.

Guest Speakers were: Peter O’Brien (Adjudicator WRC), Muireann McEnery (IBEC) and Pat O’Donoghue (SIPTU)

Joe Robbins

(Director) BBS (Hons), MBPICS – Shannon Office

Joe Robbins is co-founder of CareerWise Recruitment. A graduate of the University of Limerick (Degree in Business Studies, 1985), Joe worked in the UK for five years where he specialised in materials management, production management and plant management for a number of companies.

He returned to Ireland in 1992 to become Operations Manager for a Cork-based start-up, FMC Automotive Division which was subsequently taken over by Snap-on Equipment. Joe managed the business re-location of this company to Shannon in 1997 before setting up CareerWise Recruitment in 1999.

He is a committee member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Mid-West region, and a former Director and Vice President of the Shannon Chamber of Commerce. Joe is former Chairperson of the Sixmilebridge Camogie Club and current Chairperson of the Clare County Camogie Board.

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