Richard Burton, the Irish Minister for Enterprise and Jobs, has signed several orders on the subject of Joint Labor Committees. Two are abolished and the scope of the others (cleaning, hairdressing, hotels and security) is clarified. These changes are the result of the 2011 High Court ruling suspending these bodies and the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2012. the Joint Labor Committees define, in some sectors, minimum terms on top of national minimum wage as well as working conditions.
The provisions adopted in these committees are validated by the Employment Regulations Orders (ERO). The employment tribunal used to approve these EROs, which became effective. In 2011, the High Court ruled, after receiving a complaint from a group of employers, that these committees were not valid in the eyes of the Irish constitution. The Court considered that EROs were tools with the status of a law established by private bodies and that the structures subject to this agreement only had l
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