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Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I support my two colleagues and the amendment. In a submission to the committee, the Employment Law Association of Ireland, ELAI, suggested this amendment and a number of other amendments as well. It noted that a number of employers do not provide proper statements setting out their full legal name. Some companies use a trade name and an employee believes they are employed by that business...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: When preparing for this debate and looking at the range of tabled amendments and the Bill itself, it was interesting to note a correlation between what the Minister is trying to do in this Bill and what is being done in the Companies Act. on which we had a lengthy debate in this House.There is an interrelationship between the two in many respects. I accept that some of this comes back to...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 29: In page 24, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: "Employer obligation to display notice of Employment Rights in the workplace 26. 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 a...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Basic information.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: To be fair the Minister has misrepresented the point I made. If he listened to what I said it was very clear we do not expect employers, and it would be unreasonable to do so, to put on notice or make available every piece of legislation that would impact on workers and workers' rights. The third element of the amendment is to have the contact details of the workplace relations service...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: If the Minister or his Department were to undertake research on workers' awareness of their rights and employment rights bodies, they would be astounded to find that, as Senator Craughwell stated, many do not know. As with anything else, unless one needs something, one does not give it much thought. The Minister mentioned NERA. If he were to survey workers in any factory, I wonder how many...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 45: In page 27, line 31, to delete “42 days” and substitute “28 days”.All of the amendments seek to do the same thing, so there is no problem with them being grouped. We are seeking to reduce the time an employer has to appeal a compliance notice from six weeks to four weeks. We previously sought two weeks when the Bill was before the...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: The Minister has not addressed the point. I ask him to reflect on it and to take on board the points we made. Why is it that the vast majority of citizens are given 28 days, which appears to be the standard, to make an appeal in most situations yet when employers are involved that does not appear to apply? In addition, one of the flaws in employment law is that often the enforcement,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (24 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I welcome Mr. Coffey and Mr. Fielding and thank them for their contributions. We are looking to produce a document on low pay, decent work and a living wage. The starting point for all of us would be a fair economy offering decent pay and decent work. We also want to have a sustainable economy. I argue that a more sustainable economy is one which offers decent work and decent pay. A total...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (24 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Mr. Fielding opposed the minimum wage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (24 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Can I comment later?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (24 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Yes. I thank Mr. Coffey for his comments. I wish to return to the point made by Mr. Fielding about the responsibility of employers. People want employers to pay decent wages. We have, for example, some very large retail chains in this State that have been very profitable but do not pay their workers proper entitlements. Dunnes Stores is one example where Mandate has embarked on a campaign...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (24 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I asked Mr. Fielding about his social responsibility, not that of the State. I am aware of the State's responsibility.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (24 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: That is not happening across the economy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (24 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I thank Dr. Micheál Collins, Mr. Fergal O'Brien and Ms Maeve McElwee for their presentations which will be helpful in drafting the document that will consider low pay, in-work poverty and a living wage. There is a mountain of data showing there is a problem with low pay and deprivation and poverty among people who are working; not people who are unemployed. Dr. Collins provided the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (24 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Dr. Collins’s points about the sustainability of the State subsidising low pay and about in-work poverty came up in our last discussion. I would also like to hear Mr. O’Brien’s and Ms McElwee’s opinions on this matter. Most employers attempt to pay decent wages, but there are some big multiples in the retail sector which do not. They are profitable companies...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I support the call by Fianna Fáil for a debate on healthcare. We have called for that several times over the past few weeks. I also support the call for a debate on cuts to rural bus services, which is very topical at the moment because of a decision by Bus Éireann to cut almost 100 rural bus routes. Under the changes, 15 communities will be left with no direct services and many...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 95: In page 42, lines 31 to 33, to delete all words from and including "but" in line 31 down to and including "1977" in line 33.This amendment seeks to remove the proposed cap on re-engagement and reinstatement which was introduced by the Government. This is at the suggestion of ICTU who warn that the inclusion of the provision is a significant step backwards in...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 106: In page 47, after line 36, to insert the following:Safeguarding Employees “55. In addition to existing provisions in enactments that to safeguard workers from penalisation and victimisation, an employer or any person acting on behalf of an employer shall not penalise an employee for seeking to exercise or having exercised any entitlement under employment...