IBEC wants Sunday pay rates abolished

EMPLOYERS say Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton needs to go beyond ending Sunday pay rates set by employment regulation orders and abolish them entirely.

But unions have reacted angrily to Mr Bruton’s proposals, claiming that they would end up raising social welfare costs, and questioned the meaningfulness of plans to consult with worker representatives.

Although it welcomed the minister’s reform agenda, employers’ group IBEC said the only way to sustain jobs in the catering, hospitality and other sectors is to end the employment regulation orders and radically reform other agreements.