Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion

Mr. Gerry McCormack:

Deputy Murphy raises a good question. Mr. Hayes has answered it to some extent. The employer must turn up. The important point we are looking for in an amendment to the legislation is to include not just an arbitration process, which would be followed by a Labour Court recommendation, but that there would then be a determination that would be legally binding on the parties. That is what is most important. We therefore have a final outcome to it as well, regardless of whether the employer or we like it.