IBEC heads for Europe in bid to dismantle JLC structure

EMPLOYERS are pushing to dismantle the structure that regulates overtime and Sunday working for lower-paid workers in the catering, hotel and construction industry.

Representatives of the country’s largest employers’ body, IBEC, met the European Commission officials that are dealing with the terms of Ireland’s loan agreement to win their support ahead of the Government releasing its proposal later this month

Brendan McGinty, IBEC director of industrial relations and human resources, said the proposals of Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton do not go far enough. The minister has said he does not want to abolish the Joint Labour Committee (JLC) system that sets rates for these sectors though he has promised to reform it.