Labour Court Database __________________________________________________________________________________ File Number: CD9366 Case Number: REA9311 Section / Act: S32 Parties: ANORD ELECTRIC LIMITED - and - TECHNICAL ENGINEERING AND ELECTRICAL UNION |
A complaint that the Company is in breach of the Registered Employment Agreement for the Electrical Contracting Industry by refusing:- (a) to pay the correct basic rate of pay, (b) to pay the correct rate of proficiency pay, and (c) to apply the rates of proficiency pay in a manner determined by the parties to the Agreement.
Recommendation:
4. At the hearing of this case the parties agreed that the
description of work carried out by the firm as presented by the
Company was accurate. Having considered the description at
length, the Court is satisfied that it relates solely to
manufacturing and does not come within the ambit of the Registered
Employment Agreement for the Electrical Contracting Industry.
Accordingly, the Court does not find the Company to be in breach
of the Registered Employment Agreement as claimed by the Union.
Division: Mr Heffernan Mr Keogh Mr Rorke
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CD9366 REA1193
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACTS, 1946 TO 1990
SECTION 32(1), INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT, 1946
PARTIES: ANORD ELECTRIC LIMITED
and
TECHNICAL ENGINEERING AND ELECTRICAL UNION
SUBJECT:
1. A complaint that the Company is in breach of the Registered
Employment Agreement for the Electrical Contracting Industry by
refusing:-
(a) to pay the correct basic rate of pay,
(b) to pay the correct rate of proficiency pay, and
(c) to apply the rates of proficiency pay in a manner
determined by the parties to the Agreement.
BACKGROUND:
2. On the 15th January, 1993, the Union wrote to the Labour Court
complaining that the Company was not complying with the Registered
Employment Agreement for the Electrical Contracting industry. The
Company maintain that they are not a Company to which the
provisions of the Registered Employment Agreement apply. The
Court investigated the matter on the 4th March, 1993, in Dundalk.
RECOMMENDATION:
4. At the hearing of this case the parties agreed that the
description of work carried out by the firm as presented by the
Company was accurate. Having considered the description at
length, the Court is satisfied that it relates solely to
manufacturing and does not come within the ambit of the Registered
Employment Agreement for the Electrical Contracting Industry.
Accordingly, the Court does not find the Company to be in breach
of the Registered Employment Agreement as claimed by the Union.
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Signed on behalf of the Labour Court
Kevin Heffernan
25th March, 1993 ---------------
P O'C/U.S. Chairman