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Electrical Contracting Sector Section 14 Request - Notification of Public Hearing

Update 23rd August 2021

Notification of a public hearing on 23rd and 24th September 2021 at 11.30 am following a request to the Court to examine terms and conditions relating to remuneration, and any sick pay or pension scheme of workers in the Electrical Contracting Sector on 5 March 2021.

The Labour Court received a request to Conduct an Examination into Terms and Conditions relating to remuneration, and any sick pay or pension scheme of workers in the Electrical Contracting Sector.

Consideration of documentation by the Court

In accordance with Section 15(1) the Court considered the documentation furnished by the requester and, having satisfied itself on the documentation that relevant statutory considerations had been complied with, determined that a notice of its intention to conduct an examination be published.

Publication of Section 15(2) notification

On the 2nd June 2021 the Labour Court gave notice of its intention to conduct an examination of the terms and conditions relating to the remuneration and any sick pay scheme or pension scheme in respect of the electrical Contracting Sector by way of publication of a notice in

  • The Irish Times
  • The Irish Independent
  • The Irish Examiner
  • Seachtain
  • Iris Oifiguil

Interested parties wishing to make representations in relation to the examination were, in accordance with the statute, required to do so on or before 29th June 2021. 

The Court received representations from the following organisations by the closing date and time specified:

  • National Electrical Contractors Limited
  • Electrical Contractors’ Association
  • Construction Workers’ Pension Scheme
  • Dolores Rogers
  • Association of Electrical Contractors (Ireland)
  • Mount Street Group
  • Connect Trade Union

These submissions can be found here

Notification of a hearing in public

Pursuant to section 15(4) of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 the Court will now hold a hearing in public on Thursday and Friday the 23rd and 24th September 2021beginning at 11.30 a.m.

The Court, at that hearing, will hear all parties appearing to the Court to be interested and desiring to be heard. Noting that the Court is statutorily permitted to receive only those submissions made within the timeframe set down by the Court in accordance with the statute; the Court has decided that the seven parties who made submissions by 5.00pm on 29 June 2021 are the only parties appearing to the Court to be interested and desiring to be heard.

The hearing in public will be in a virtual courtroom. Members of the public who wish the access the hearing in a virtual court room should contact Therese Hickey at therese.hickey@enterprise.gov.ie for relevant technical details.

 

 

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