asked the Minister for Labour the action he is taking to ensure that the registered agreement between all security firms and their employees, which was finalised in 1984, is being implemented.
Written Answers. - Registered Employment Agreement.
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It is open to a trade union of workers and to individual employers to complain to the Labour Court that an employer is not complying with the terms of a registered employment agreement. The court will investigate the complaint and if it is well founded, direct the employer to comply. It is an offence for an employer not to carry out a Labour Court order.
A relatively small number of complaints have been received by the court since the registration of the agreement in 1984. Two cases are likely to go forward to formal court hearings. In the other cases, either the employers complained about have complied with the terms of the agreement or the complaints have not been well founded.
The general inspectorate of my Department investigates any complaints by individual workers that an employer is in breach of the agreement. To date, five such complaints have been received and investigated. In two of these cases, underpayments have been rectified; in one, there were no breaches of the agreement; in another, the firm had ceased operation and in the fifth, the firm has been advised of the agreement and asked to comply.