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Besides that these arguments\r\ncan be questioned on good grounds, the ICTU union confederation queries the\r\nentitlement of the government to reduce the NMW. ICTU’s legislation officer Esther Lynch\r\nargued, “There is nothing in the minimum wage\r\nlegislation that provides the minister with power to reduce the minimum wage\r\nwithout going through the review mechanism.” Lynch\r\nalso said that according to the ILO conventions the Enterprise Minister is not\r\nallowed to rewrite the current arrangements protecting the low-paid, the\r\nso-called Registered Employment Agreements (REAs) and Employment Regulation\r\nOrders (EROs), himself, as these are collective agreements from which he should\r\nrefrain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>English: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.irishexaminer.com\u002Fireland\u002Funions-query-states-power-to-reduce-wage-137509.html#ixzz16lVGaIME\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.irishexaminer.com\u002Fireland\u002Funions-query-states-power-to-reduce\r\n...\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cem>\u003Cspan class=\"teaserText\">This\r\narticle was published in the Collective Bargaining Newsletter. It aims\r\nto facilitate information exchange between trade unions and to support\r\nthe work of ETUC's collective bargaining committee. \u003C\u002Fspan>For more \r\ninformation, please contact the editor Maarten van Klaveren, Amsterdam \r\nInstitute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl\">M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa>. You may \r\nfind further information on the ETUI at \u003Ca class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>,\r\n and on the AIAS at \u003Ca class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F39\" target=\"_blank\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fa>.\r\n © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2010.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]