Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 77 extends the power of a Workplace Relations Commission inspector under section 27 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015 to businesses and places used by prescribed persons who engage contract workers at or through their premises. Section 27 normally applied only to places in connection with an employment relationship. This is necessary to allow the enforcement of section 4F with regard to contract workers.

Amendment No. 78 is a technical amendment to ensure all the necessary cross-references to the Payment of Wages Act, as amended by the Bill, are included in the Workplace Relations Act 2015. It will ensure the WRC can issue fixed penalty notices where a business fails to provide a written statement of tips and gratuities distributed or does not display a tips and gratuities notice or a contract worker's tips and gratuities notice, whichever applies in the circumstances.

Amendment No. 79 is also a technical amendment to ensure appropriate references to the Bill made in Schedule 5 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015. It ensures that complaints and employer is making unauthorised deductions from employees' tips or gratuities can be adjudicated by the WRC. I hope the amendments can be accepted.