FULL RECOMMENDATION
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACTS, 1946 TO 1990 SECTION 33(1), INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT, 1946 PARTIES : BENNETT TARMACADAM LIMITED - AND - MR JOSEPH DOYLE (REPRESENTED BY AUGUSTUS CULLEN LAW) DIVISION : Chairman: Mr Duffy Employer Member: Ms Doyle Worker Member: Ms Tanham |
1. Interpretation of Registered Employment Agreement
BACKGROUND:
2. This matter was referred to the Labour Court pursuant to Section 33(1) of the Industrial Relations Act, 1946. The application seeks an interpretation as to the applicability of the Registered Employment Agreement for the Construction Industry (Wages and Conditions of Employment). A Labour Court hearing took place on the 20th September, 2012. The employer was notified of the date and time of the hearing but did not attend and was not represented. The following is the Court's Decision:
DECISION:
This matter came before the Court by way of an application by Joe Doyle (the Applicant) pursuant to section 33(1) of the Industrial Relations Act 1946 in which he sought the decision of the Court on the applicability of the Registered Employment Agreement for the Construction Industry to his former employment with Bennett Tarmacadam Limited (the Respondent)
The Respondent was not represented at the hearing of this application.
The Court was furnished with a copy of a letter from Ensor O'Connor, Solicitors for the respondent in which it is conceded that the said Registered Employment Agreement is applicable to the Applicant in respect to his employment with the Respondent.
In these circumstances it is the decision of the Court that Bennett Tarmacadam Limited is a firm to which the said Registered Employment Agreement applies and that Mr Joe Doyle, the applicant herein, was, during the currency of his employment with the said firm, a worker to whom the Registered Employment applied.
Signed on behalf of the Labour Court
Kevin Duffy
11th October 2012______________________
AHChairman
NOTE
Enquiries concerning this Decision should be addressed to Andrew Heavey, Court Secretary.