Six-month stay on order striking down minimum pay rates in certain sectors

The judge said the implications of his constitutional finding went far beyond the individual electricians' SEO. File picture.

The High Court has put a six month stay on an order striking down a law setting minimum pay and conditions for certain sectors of industry.

Mr Justice Garrett Simons ruled last month that the Minister for State for Business Enterprise and Innovation had acted outside his powers in purporting to make a sectoral employment order (SEO) for electricians in June last year.