Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 May 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed)

3:30 pm

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We are more than happy to do that. If it is an issue of definition that can be resolved. Ms Bolger and Ms Maguire were very constructive. I suppose they were wearing their legal hats and wanted to ensure the definitions in the Bill are consistent with the definitions set out in other Bills. We took the view that State employees are already covered by collective agreements. We were trying to frame a Bill that would get cross-party support. We would be willing to examine definitions in the Protection of Employees (Fixed Term Work) Act 2003 or the Minimum Wage Act 2000 around "worker" and "employer". We are flexible on that issue because any change in that regard would not take away from the substance of the Bill. In essence, any-----

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