Irish Stock Exchange workers pay
Richard Boyd Barrett highlighted alleged wage and rights breaches on a public contract refurbishment job at the Irish Stock Exchange and asked for departmental intervention. The Minister replied that workers should use the WRC, Labour Court or her Department’s inspection services to make a complaint.
The public works contract for building workers specifically states that the main contractor is responsible for ensuring the rights of all employees. I would appreciate if a representative of the Department could go to speak to the workers and tell the contractors that they cannot throw 11 building workers out on the street without pay. The workers are owed money.
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If the contractors pay as little attention to what they are told as do the Members of this House, not much will happen.
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I have finished. It is very important to vindicate the rights of workers.
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The arms of the State are there for exactly that purpose - to allow persons who feel they have been treated badly by another party to make a complaint. Such complaint can be made to the Workplace Relations Commission, the Labour Court or, in particular, in the instance referred to by the Deputy, the scope division of my Department, which are open for business all day, every day. I suggest that the Deputy ask one or more of the workers to make contact with one of those organisations or sections in order to allow us to carry out an inspection.