Results 13,061-13,080 of 16,285 for speaker:Peadar Tóibín
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)
Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 16: In page 30, line 14, to delete "€2,000" and substitute "€4,000".There are several problems with existing employment legislation and infrastructure. One of these problems is that the existing regime does not necessarily have the teeth to ensure unscrupulous employers fulfil their responsibilities. Penalties must represent sufficient incentive to bring...
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)
Peadar Tóibín: I will be disappointed if the Minister does not accept my amendment. There are employers who, despite penalties and other legislative provisions, choose to ignore their responsibilities, often simply because it is worth their while to do so.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)
Peadar Tóibín: It is still a small sum.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)
Peadar Tóibín: My amendment allows for the imposition of a fine of less than €4,000. In other words, those charged with adjudging these matters and who are closest to the information may decide that an offence deserves a lower fine. The figure of €4,000 is the maximum penalty that can be imposed.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)
Peadar Tóibín: It is not just redundancy, there will also be holiday pay and ordinary pay. There is a plethora of examples of companies which-----
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)
Peadar Tóibín: Absolutely, Vita Cortex, La Senza-----
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)
Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 13: In page 26, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following:“Liability of a company officer or officers for a breach of employment law 28. 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...
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)
Peadar Tóibín: This has to happen and I believe it will happen. Most progressive political parties in the State would support the piercing of the corporate veil. Due to the importance of this matter and the wholesale manipulation of the issue, I must press the amendment.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)
Peadar Tóibín: Often, we get to a position like this and the Minister will go as far as to say that he understands there is a problem but this is simply not the place to sort it out. We had similar debates when discussing the Companies Bill, and we were told then that it was not the right place to sort it out. Most likely, I will bring in legislation to amend the Companies Bill to deal with this issue if...
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)
Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 9: In page 17, line 30, to delete "may" and substitute "shall".This amendment seeks to ensure the commission must consult trade unions and employers' groups when drawing up a code of practice. The Bill, as drafted, has not included that. It is a reasonable amendment to ensure the stakeholders in the process have the input they need.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)
Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 10: In page 17, line 31, after "appropriate" to insert ", including trade unions and employer representative bodies,".
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)
Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 11: In page 24, line 38, to delete "42 days" and substitute "14 days".Even referencing our previous discussion, it is the experience of some employees that some employers drag their feet in the process and in these investigations the decision-making process can last a long time for individuals. In the current structures, there are persons within the process for two and...
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)
Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 4: In page 10, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:“ “worker” means, in relation to a relevant enactment, a worker within the meaning of that enactment.”.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)
Peadar Tóibín: No.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)
Peadar Tóibín: No.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)
Peadar Tóibín: Perhaps I might make a proposal in response to the Minister's comments.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)
Peadar Tóibín: I have no problem doing so in public session. The Minister has indicated that all investigations must be fair and objective. I would add the word "timely" to the list. Is there any estimate of when the investigations will take place? Are they likely to take place this year or in the next 24 months? I propose that we suspend the sitting until we receive a report of the status of the...
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)
Peadar Tóibín: I would like to make two comments. We are here to discuss a very important piece of industrial relations infrastructure, and I welcome many of the issues involved in it, but it is very difficult to debate this Bill while, in the background, a dispute is going on in the Kishogue site.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)
Peadar Tóibín: I want to make the Chairman aware that I will call a vote on every amendment-----
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2014)
Peadar Tóibín: ------in 22 hours of debate, unless the Government starts to focus on the issues-----