EIROnlineThe European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) is a monitoring instrument offering news and analysis on European industrial relations. Its aim is to collect, analyse and disseminate high-quality and up-to-date information on key developments in industrial relations in Europe. It aims primarily to serve the needs of national and European level organisations of the social partners, governmental organisations and EU institutions.Government announces another increase in national minimum wage- February 19, 2007 In December 2006, the Minister for Labour Affairs, Tony Killeen, announced that he had accepted a Labour Court recommendation to increase the national minimum wage in Ireland to 8.65 from 1 July 2007.http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2007/01/articles/ie0701019i.html Employees awarded compensation for victimisation on grounds of union membership- February 19, 2007 The first major group claim of victimisation due to trade union membership, taken under the 2004 Industrial Relations Act, has resulted in a total award of up to 120,000 for 24 claimants, who were former employees of the company Green Isle Foods.http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2007/01/articles/ie0701029i.html Banks ongoing pension dispute has serious repercussions- February 12, 2007 A major dispute over a new pension scheme at the Bank of Ireland has raised serious issues for the recently negotiated national agreement, Towards 2016, as well as highlighting the role of the Labour Court, Irelands main dispute resolution body.http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2006/12/articles/ie0612029i.html |