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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission: Chairperson Designate (14 Apr 2015)

David Cullinane: What is Dr. de Buitléir's view on what constitutes low pay? How many of the people who sit on the Low Pay Commission are on low pay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission: Chairperson Designate (14 Apr 2015)

David Cullinane: Would that be a flaw?

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 13: In page 14, line 13, to delete "address;" and substitute the following:"address. For the avoidance of doubt, the address given on any letter or other document to the complainant/employee by a respondent/employer shall also be deemed to be an address at which the person ordinarily resides as shall any address specified under the Registration of Business Names Act...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

David Cullinane: Yes.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 15: In page 14, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:“(3) An unincorporated entity as a respondent which does not register the name of the unincorporated entity under the Registration of Business Names Act 1963 or an incorporated entity which in its dealings with a complainant/employee uses a business name which has not been registered under the...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

David Cullinane: Yes.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 16: In page 14, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:“(3) The service of any complaint or the making of a complaint against an unincorporated or incorporated body where the respondent has not notified the complainant in writing pursuant to section 3 of the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 shall be deemed for all purposes to have been validly...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

David Cullinane: Yes.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 27: In page 24, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following:“Employer obligation to display notice of Employment Rights in the workplace26. Every employer shall display in a prominent position in or at the place of work, being a place to which employees have regular access and in such a position that it may be read easily by employees, a notice or notices in...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 28: In page 24, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: “Employer obligation to maintain and produce employment records 26.An employer who does not maintain and produce employment records is liable to a penalty of €4,000, and where that employer is a company, the secretary of that company is liable to a separate penalty of €3,000.”.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 29: In page 25, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:“(5) The Minister may authorise other persons, including designated union officials, to carry out inspections and monitoring of Registered Employment Agreements, Registered Employment Orders and Employment Regulation Orders. (6) The Minister may make regulations providing access, for union...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

David Cullinane: However, there are also those who, on occasion, do not treat their employees well. Those individuals or companies do a disservice to their counterparts who are decent and good. Compliance is extremely important. One can have all the legislation in the world but if it this not enforced and if there is not compliance with it, difficulties will arise. The penalties and sanctions for those...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister for his response and I look forward to that Bill coming before the House. We may table those amendments to it if it does not deal with the issues. A voluntarist model of collective bargaining or trade union recognition is always very attractive but the difficulty is that some companies do not accept, or recognise and will not work or engage with trade unions. One such...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 30: In page 25, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:“Union entitled to represent members’ interests27. (1) A trade union, at the request of the employee, may represent the employee in relation to the employee’s rights and entitlements under a Registered Employment Agreement, Registered Employment Order or an Employment Regulation Order....

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 31: In page 25, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:“Access to workplaces 27. (1) A trade union official is entitled, in accordance with this section to enter a workplace for purposes related to—(a) monitoring compliance with the operation of a Registered Employment Agreement, Registered Employment Order or an Employment Regulation Order, (b)...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 37: In page 28, after line 37, to insert the following: "Liability of a company officer or officers for a breach of employment law 29. Where a breach of employment law is committed by a body corporate or by a company officer or officers acting on behalf of a body corporate and is determined to have been so committed, with the consent, connivance or approval of, or to...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

David Cullinane: There seem to be a lot of technical or Government amendments and this is another one of them. Why is that? This is Report Stage and it is not good practice that Oireachtas Members are given such short notice about amendments of this nature. I wonder why there are so many. This seems to be the case with many Bills brought forward by this Department. The matter was raised in a meeting of...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 41: In page 30, line 35, after “offence” to insert “and for the purpose of the performance of the Commission’s functions”.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 42: In page 33, line 11, to delete “€2,000” and substitute the following:“€4,000, save and except in the case of failing to pay the national minimum wage under section 23 of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 a sum not exceeding €20,000 per employee”.I will be brief.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

David Cullinane: While the Senator may not agree with the amendment, he can second it anyway. As I will not be pushing it to a vote, it is okay. This amendment pertains to enforcement of the national minimum wage. The question of whether it is increased or decreased will now be an issue for the low pay commission, which is a different story. However, this amendment seeks to increase the minimum fine from...