Research carried out by SIPTU has discredited claims by employers’ organisations that the abolition of the Joint Labour Committee (JLC) wage-setting mechanism has resulted in the creation of extra jobs. Addressing the parliamentary Committee on Jobs, Social Protection and Education on 14 February, SIPTU Vice President Patricia King said that this research established that no extra catering and hotel jobs have been created since a July 2011 High Court decision suspended the operation of the JLC system. Instead, staff hours were cut and there was also evidence that pay and conditions had deteriorated since the abolition of the system (See also this Collective Bargaining Newsletter Year 4 January, February, March, Masy, July-August and December 2011).
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