Firm to pay €160k to worker scheme

A KERRY construction company has been ordered to pay five years’ worth of contributions totalling up to €160,000 to its workers’ pension and sickness scheme in a ruling by the Labour Court.

In not paying the contributions to the schemes, the court found under the Industrial Relations Act of 1946, CMH Construction and Civil Engineering failed to comply with the terms of the industry Registered Employment Agreement (REA).

The company questioned the jurisdiction of the court to make the ruling. It also questioned the figures put forward by the plasterers’ union, OPATSI which brought the claim.