Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Tom Donnellan:

-----in all sectors. An industrial relations mechanism was put in place in the company in 2016 which was voted for by the majority of the workers. That industrial relations mechanism means that if there is any issue relating to pensions, retirement age, skilling etc., in the first instance the employee and the union sit down together to try to find a resolution. If they cannot find a resolution - up to now we have found a resolution of 95% of issues we have had - they then go to what is called a joint industrial relations commission, JIRC. There is a third party appointed by the Workplace Relations Commission who then adjudicates. If any party remains unhappy at that stage, we then go to the Workplace Relations Commission. If any party at that stage is not happy, we then go to the Labour Court, which is binding. We use the full suite of industrial relations options, including the WRC, and we have no issue with that mechanism.

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