Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD today announced reforms to the Joint Labour Committee and Registered Employment Agreement wage settling mechanisms, following Government decision last Tuesday (26th July). The measures will radically overhaul the system so as to make it fairer, more competitive and more flexible so as to increase job-creation in these sectors. They will also reinstate a robust system of protection for workers in these sectors in the aftermath of the recent High Court ruling.

The Government has approved the preparation of legislation to provide for a revised legislative framework to replace the Registered Employment Agreement system, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD and Minister of State for Business and Employment Gerald Nash TD announced today (Friday).