Joint labour committees (JLCs) operate in the following areas of employment: (1) aerated waters, (2) agriculture, (3) brush and broom manufacture, (4) catering, (5) contract cleaning, (6) hairdressing, (7) handkerchief and household piece goods, (8) hotels, (9) law clerks, (10) provender milling, (11) shirt making, (12) tailoring and (13) women's clothing and millinery.
It is open to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions or any individual trade union to apply to the Labour Court to have a joint labour committee established. An application by the Irish Distributive and Administrative Trade Union and the Irish National Union of Vintners, Grocers and Allied Trades Assistants for the establishment of a JLC to cover the retail grocery and allied trades is currently under consideration by the Labour Court.