asked the Minister for Labour the penalties he proposes to introduce for employers who do not respect his order with regard to equal pay for men and women.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Equal Pay.
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The penalties provided for defaulting employers under the Anti-Discrimination (Pay) Act, 1974, are as follows:
(a) Where an employer fails to implement a determination of the Labour Court relating to an equal pay dispute, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding £10 for every day during which the offence is continued.
(b) Where an employer dismisses a woman from her employment solely or mainly because she made a claim for equal pay, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100 or on conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding £1,000. In cases of dismissal a woman has the option of going to the Labour Court. Where an employer fails to carry out a direction of the Labour Court to pay compensation to the woman who has been dismissed he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding £10 for every day during which the offence is continued.
I would point out that I am not the enforcing authority under the Anti-Discrimination (Pay) Act, 1974.