Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015

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Amendment of Act of 2015

24. The Act of 2015 is amended—

(a) in section 3 by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (5):

“(5A) For the purpose of the operation of this Act, and to the extent only that this Act applies, in relation to Part 2 of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015, references in this Act to employee shall be construed as references to worker within the meaning of that Part.”,

(b) in section 41—

(i) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3):

“(3A) An employer or a trade union representative of an employer affected by an agreement specified in paragraph 29 of Part 1 of Schedule 5 may present a complaint to the Director General that an employer affected by the agreement has contravened the agreement and, where a complaint is so presented, the Director General shall, subject to section 39, refer the complaint for adjudication by an adjudication officer.”,

and

(ii) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (18):

“(19) In this section, references to specified person for the purposes of a complaint in relation to a provision specified in—

(a) paragraph 29 or 30 of Part 1 of Schedule 5, or

(b) paragraph 11 of Part 2 of Schedule 5,

shall be construed as references to a trade union representative of the person entitled to present the complaint.”,

(c) in Part 2 of Schedule 1, by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph 18:

“19. Part 2 of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015”,

(d) in Schedule 5—

(i) in Part 1, by the insertion of the following paragraphs after paragraph 28:

“29. A registered employment agreement within the meaning of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015

30. Section 20 (1) of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015”,

and

(ii) in Part 2, by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph 10:

“11. A sectoral employment order within the meaning of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015”,

and

(e) in Schedule 6—

(i) in Part 1 (Acts of Oireachtas), by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph 34:

“35. Section 23 (2) of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015”,

and

(ii) in Part 2 (Acts of Oireachtas), by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph 34:

“35. Section 23 (3) of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015”.