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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 44: In page 41, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “Appeal to High Court on point of law 47. A party to proceedings before the Labour Court under this Part may, not later than 42 days from the service on that party of notice of the decision of the Labour Court in those proceedings, appeal that decision to the High Court on a point of law, and the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: Amendment No. 53 provides that any party to the decision of the Labour Court under the Redundancy Payments Act 1967, as amended, would be able to appeal that decision on a point of law only to the High Court, with the decision of the High Court to be final and conclusive. This amendment also provides for the standardisation of the relevant time limit applicable to refer an appeal to the High...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: Amendments Nos. 64 and 65 are just drafting amendments.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: The power to deal with cases by way of written submissions only is already provided for in equality legislation. Section 70(2)(a) of the Employment Equality Acts of 1998 to 2011 empowers the director of the Equality Tribunal to propose to the parties concerned that suitable cases be dealt with on the basis of written submissions only and without the need for a hearing to the director of the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 46: In page 42, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: “Provisions relating to winding up and bankruptcy 50. (1) (a) There shall be included among the debts that, under a relevant provision are, in the distribution of the assets of a company being wound up, to be paid in priority to all other debts, all compensation payable under this Part by the company...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 47: In page 43, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “Amendment of enactments 51. (1) The enactments specified in column (3) of Schedule 6are amended to the extent specified in column (4) of that Schedule. (2) The amendments to the enactments specified in column (3) of Schedule 6shall not apply in relation to complaints or disputes made, presented or...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 48: In page 43, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:"Certain decisions and recommendations of rights commissioners appealable to Labour Court under section 44 52.(1) Where a decision or recommendation in relation to a complaint or dispute to which subsection (2)of section 7applies was made by a rights commissioner before the commencement of Part 4and no...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 49: In page 48, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following:"Fees 69.The Minister may, in respect of—(a) such services provided by the Commission as may be prescribed, and (b) such services provided by the Labour Court as may be prescribed,charge the recipient of any such service a fee for the purpose of defraying the cost of the provision of that service by...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: Any such action by the Minister would have to go before the Oireachtas, so it is not that the Minister can do it on his or her own. It must be presented to the Oireachtas. This is the basis on which it is proposed. Some people wanted fees and others did not want fees under any circumstances. I made the decision to provide for fees only in the case of an unreasonable failure to appear at...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 50: In page 50, to delete lines 15 to 20 and substitute the following:" "(3A) The person who immediately before the commencement of section 73of the Workplace Relations Act 2014stood appointed as chairman shall, from such commencement, continue to be chairman for the unexpired period of the term of his appointment subject to the same terms and conditions as applied to his...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 51: In page 51, to delete lines 1 to 11 and substitute the following:"(d) the insertion of the following subsections:"(4A) (a) A person who, immediately before the commencement of section 73of the Workplace Relations Act 2014, stood appointed as a workers’ member of the Court shall, from such commencement, continue to be a workers’ member of the Court for...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 52: In page 52, line 35, to delete "modifications."." and substitute "modifications.", and".

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 53: In page 52, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following:"(e) the substitution of the following section for section 40 (inserted by section 9 of the Act of 1967):"Appeal to High Court on point of law 40.A party to proceedings before the Labour Court under this Part may, not later than 42 days from the service on that party of notice of the decision of the Labour...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 54: In page 52, to delete lines 38 and 39 and substitute the following:"(a) an appeal to the Employment Appeals Tribunal under subsection (15) of section 39 of that Act brought before the commencement of this section, or".This is required to ensure certain procedural matters provided for under the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 are amended appropriately and in a manner...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 55: In page 53, to delete lines 26 to 31 and substitute the following:" "(1A) A person who immediately before the commencement of section 77 of the Workplace Relations Act 2014 stood appointed as deputy chairman shall, from such commencement, continue to be deputy chairman for the unexpired period of the term of his appointment subject to the same terms and conditions as...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 56: In page 53, to delete lines 36 to 39, and in page 54, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following:“(c) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):“(2) (a) The Minister may designate a deputy chairman to perform the functions of the chairman in the absence of the chairman or where the office of chairman is vacant, and a deputy...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 57: In page 54, to delete lines 4 to 7.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 58: In page 54, line 10, to delete “Court.”,” and substitute “Court.”.”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 59: In page 54, to delete lines 11 to 20.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 60: In page 54, lines 34 and 35, to delete “and paragraph (b) of subsection (3)”.These amendments are of a drafting nature and are to ensure that the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 is appropriately amended to bring the procedural arrangements that will apply to complaints and appeals under that Act following the commencement of this section and that they will be...