JLC/REA Rates of Pay

Introduction

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In this part of the website you can view:

- Rates of pay agreed by Joint Labour Committees and contained in Employment Regulation Orders made by the Labour Court

- Rates of pay in sectoral Registered Employment Agreements (registered with the Labour Court).

JLC rates of pay

Minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of work, for workers in certain sectors are determined by Joint Labour Committees (JLCs). Currently, there are 13 JLCs in existence. Each JLC is composed of representatives of workers and employers in the sector concerned.

While JLCs are established by means of a statutory order made by the Labour Court, they are independent bodies which determine minimum rates of pay and conditions of employment for workers in their respective sectors. The pay and conditions agreed by the JLCs are given the force of law in Employment Regulation Orders made by the Labour Court on foot of proposals made to the Court by the JLCs.

The information about JLC rates of pay is arranged as follows:-

- List of JLCs' rates of pay
- Details of current rates of pay applicable in each JLC sector (web version)
- Full details of pay and conditions currently applicable in the sector (PDF document)
- List of current Employment Regulation Orders.

To see the current rates of pay for any JLC sector, click on the name of the JLC in the JLC rates of pay list; to see full details of pay and conditions in a JLC sector, click on the PDF document which you will see beside the rates of pay for that sector.

REA rates of pay

Employers and workers in any sector or enterprise can agree minimum rates of pay and conditions of employment and can than have that agreement registered with the Labour Court. When registered with the Court, these agreements are legally binding, not only of the parties to the agreement but also to others who are in the class, type or group to which the agreements are expressed to apply.

There are 68 Registered Employment Agreements on the Register maintained by the Court.

On the website we are only showing those which apply to a sector (rather than a single enterprise) and only those where the wage rates that have been updated in recent years there are 4 of these:-

Construction Industry
Drapery, Footwear and Allied Trades
Electrical Contracting Industry
Printing Industry

For current rates of pay in any of the above Agreements, click on the relevant Agreement.

For full details of the Agreement (conditions of work as well as rates of pay), click on the PDF file beside the relevant rate of pay.