In this talk we study some implications of using layered coding for the interference channel with a relay. More specifically we propose three layered schemes for the discrete memoryless scenario: The first approach is inspired by layered noisy network coding, while the second and third protocols are based on quantize and forward and use simpler encoding and decoding processes. The resulting performance of the proposed schemes is investigated and compared for two classes of Gaussian channels: the interference channel with in-band relay reception/out-of-band relay transmission and the interference channel with in-band relay reception/in-band relay transmission. The main result is a useful characterization of performance versus complexity and/or delay.