A fresh High Court challenge has been brought against a Sectoral Employment Order (SEO)for electrical workers.
The action has been brought by the National Electrical Contractors of Ireland (NECI) which wants an SEO, which came into effect at the start of February quashed.
Nationally binding SEO's are made under the 2015 Industrial Relations Act when either employers or trade unions make applications to the Labour Court to examine pay and conditions for a defined economic sector.
The Labour Court may then make a recommendation to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an SEO.
If accepted the Minister, then fixes the statutory minimum rates of pay and regulates the conditions of employment of the works to whom the SEO apply.
In its action NECI, which operates as a trade association for electrical contractors, claims the SEO for electrical workers is flawed on several grounds.
It claims that submissions made by it regarding the proposed SEO for electrical workers were not dealt with by the Labour Court.
The Labour Court rejected the NECI's proposal that small electrical contractors be excluded from the SEO.
The Labour court did not fully explain in its decision why it was proportionate or necessary to include them, it is claimed.
The Labour court did not give reasons for many of its findings, it is also claimed.
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