On July 30, 2008, the Irish Minister of Labor Affairs, Billy Kelleher, presented the 2007 annual report of the LCR - Labour Relations Commission - which evaluates the services it provides to businesses or trade unions as well as the mediation service for individual or collective conflicts. The report also presents a summary of the new social elements which happened during the year and the new trends in terms of industrial relations. (Ref. 080629)
Main events in 2007. The report lists the main social events which happened this year.
- Once again, 2007 was an important bargaining year concerning pensions. A gradual move away from defined benefit (DB) pension schemes to defined contribution (DC) schemes emerged as a trend. In addition, bargaining in the banking sector led to the creation of particularly groundbreaking “hybrid” schemes (which combine the two schemes) (AIB and the Irish Bank).
- There were a number of significant legal development
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