Legislation which allows for the setting of legally enforceable pay and conditions for thousands of workers in various employment sectors has been deemed unconstitutional by the High Court. The ruling means many particularly lower-paid employees will only have a legal entitlement to the National Minimum Wage and other basic statutory protections, rather than to better sectoral minimum rates and conditions established through negotiation between employers and unions and the setting of legally binding Sectoral Employment Orders. According to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) this could have very serious implications for tens of thousands of construction workers.
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