Results 1,721-1,740 of 4,698 for speaker:Dessie Ellis

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I do not disagree with the Minister of State in terms of workers' rights and he wants to see fair treatment there. However, there are certain things that we need to be very clear on in guaranteeing rights, which this amendment does. I will press this amendment.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 2:In page 4, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:“10BA.The Commission in the performance of the functions assigned to it by section 10C shall forward recommendations to the Minister regarding low pay that—(a) reduces the incidence of low pay, (b) considers access to public services, (c) takes into account the standard of living, general wage...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I refer to my amendments. Will the grouped amendments be taken in sequence? I want to speak to a good number of them. We have moved on to a discussion of amendment No. 4.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: May I discuss them at random?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Amendment No. 4 does not make any sense, in my view. It would appear that it proposes a separate minimum hourly pay for young people and women. This is not a proposal we could support. We deal with income disparity between men and women in one of our amendments. I do not agree with separate provisions for men and women. I refer to amendment No. 3 which proposes to insert an hourly...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I will move on to amendment No. 5. This amendment proposes to insert provisions dealing with a wage share of national income, the role of wages as a source of demand and median earnings. When making a recommendation to the Minister, the commission must have regard to a number of factors which we believe are too heavily weighted towards a small number of macro-economic factors that are...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I have tabled a number of amendments. Amendment No. 7 seeks to insert economic inequality, the percentage of workers in the economy earning two-thirds or less of median income and the living wage as set for the relevant period. Nowhere in the legislation is the commission instructed to consider inequality or poverty when making a recommendation to the Minister. The legislation is too...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I will press it.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 3:In page 4, line 24, after "pay" to insert "and hourly living wage rate of pay".

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 5:In page 4, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: "(a) wage share of national income, (b) the role of wages as a source of demand, (c) median earnings,".

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 6:In page 5, before line 1, to insert the following: "(i) innovation in each sector has increased, decreased or remained stagnant within the current period,". Amendment put and declared lost.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 7:In page 5, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: "(e) economic inequality, (f) the percentage of workers in the economy earning two-thirds or less of median income, (g) the Living Wage as set for the relevant period,". Amendment put and declared lost.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 8:In page 5, line 7, after "Northern Ireland," to insert the following:"taking into account the standard of living, general wage levels and access to welfare supports to include social protection supports, universal healtcare provisions, State provided childcare and social housing,".

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 9:In page 5, line 8, after "creation" to insert "and decent work".

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 10:In page 5, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: "(iv) addressing levels of income inequality to include income inequality between men and women in the current period, (v) aggregate demand in the economy; (vi) tax receipts.".

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 11:In page 5, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:"(5) The Commission shall act as a watchdog of the incidence of low pay by examining the prevalence of pay two thirds or below of median earnings in the current period in each sector of the economy, and report its recommendations to reduce the share of employees in each sector who earn below two-thirds of the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 13:In page 6, to delete lines 26 to 28 and substitute the following:“(3) The national minimum hourly rate of pay declared by order under this section may include—(a) an allowance in respect of board and lodgings, board only or lodgings only at such rates as are specified in the order, (b) a prohibition or restriction on charges or deductions.”....

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 15:In page 6, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “Complaints and protection against victimisation 7. An employer shall not penalise or threaten against a worker, or cause or permit any other person to penalise or threaten penalisation against a worker for having made statement to the Low Pay Commission or for giving evidence on their own...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I will press the amendment. ICTU has recommended the change. I accept there are protections in place but it is important to note that ICTU does not consider they are sufficiently strong and the proposed amendment would enhance the position.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 16:In page 7, lines 24 and 25, to delete “National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Act 2015” and substitute “Low Pay Commission Act 2015”. There are different parts to the amendment. The Minister of State has the information in front of him. Sinn Féin is ambitious for the Low Pay Commission and has argued for its statutory remit to...