Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The purpose of this amendment is to pierce the corporate veil. There is a major difficulty in society whereby companies are created to defend moneys or individuals in their responsibilities to employees. For example, I know of local authorities that have tendering processes for waste disposal services whereby one company applies for the contract, that is, the company with the assets, while another company employs the individuals. Thereafter, company B, the company that employs the individuals, goes to the Labour Relations Commission to seek a reduction in wages, claiming its financial health is not good enough to pay the employees the wage rates at which they were employed, yet the company in good financial health is the one that holds the tender. The amendment is an effort to pierce the corporate veil, the paper wall behind which individuals and corporations can hide from their responsibilities.

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