IBEC employer-relations specialist joins WRC
The Government has appointed Fiona Higgins as a member of the board of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).
Higgins, currently head of advocacy services at business group IBEC, was appointed after an open selection process conducted by the Public Appointments Service.
She leads a team of employer-relations specialists at IBEC and brings over 25 years' experience in industrial relations, employment law, and workplace relations to the role.
Alan Dillon (Minister of State for Employment, Small Business and Retail) said that her skills and experience would make “a valuable contribution” to the WRC’s work.
Higgins’s appointment took effect from yesterday (9 November).
Her appointment brings the WRC board to its full statutory capacity of a chair and eight ordinary members.