Industrial Relations (Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2019

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

A joint labour committee helps set minimum pay and conditions in sectors where workers are poorly organised, so employers cannot undercut each other by driving wages down. This proposal would let the Labour Court keep setting up a committee even if an employers’ or workers’ group refuses to take part, and in some cases let the Court put forward its own pay-and-conditions proposal instead. It matters because it is meant to stop one side from blocking protections in low-paid sectors where collective bargaining is weakest.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to amend the provisions relating to the constitution of joint labour committees, so as to provide for cases where organisations of employers or of workers fail or refuse to engage in consultation with the Labour Court prior to the appointment of representative (employers) members or representative (workers) members, as the case may be; and to provide for connected matters.

Last updated 28 November 2019