Court Name: | Labour Court |
Native Name: | Félagsdómur |
Established: | 11 June 1938 |
Jurisdiction: | Iceland |
Location: | Kópavogur |
Type: | 1 appointment by the Confederation of Icelandic Employers 1 appointment by the Icelandic Confederation of Labour 1 appointment by the Minister of Social Affairs after Supreme Court nomination 2 appointments by the Supreme Court |
Authority: | Trade Unions and Industrial Disputes Act No. 80/1938 |
Appealsto: | Supreme Court |
Terms: | 3 years |
Positions: | 5 (by statute) |
Chiefjudgetitle: | President |
Chiefjudgename: | Arnfríður Einarsdóttir |
The Labour Court is a special lower court in Iceland established in 1938 to handle industrial disputes between trade unions and employer associations.