Outcome of pay dispute will reach far beyond hotel industry

The High Court action calls existing industrial relations law and practice into question, writes Stephen Rogers.

THE High Court will decide next week whether 25,000 hotel employees should be given pay increases demanded by SIPTU and backed by the Labour Court.

The Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) will argue the Labour Court has no role to play in the process and will claim the pay increases are simply too high compared to their profit margins.