Social partnership talks hit pay snag
Earlier in the day, employers’ body IBEC told a conference in Dublin that September’s transitional social partnership agreement between employers, Government and unions no longer reflected the economic realities.
It said that while in September only 15% of private sector employers would have claimed inability to pay the 6% pay increases over 21 months, as required under the deal, the reality now was that 85% would be in that position. Therefore it said the inability to pay clause needed to be renegotiated.
