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tomasocarthaigh
06-02-2011, 08:10 PM
It is of crucual importance that we keep the Employment Regulation Orders, which is the minimum paid to certain sectors of the economy.

The proposed trade off that Fine Gael want for brining back up the minimum wage proper, is the abolishement of the ERO's and composite rates where they exist.

The minimum wage affects 3% of the workforce, the composite 300,000 workers.

Its far from a fair deal, and tell the candidates when they are at your door you WONT take it!!!
DO'C
07-02-2011, 01:12 PM
The EROs are a very outdated mechanism and need to be abolished. Overtime rates for Sunday when we live in a 7 day society is just nonsense. Or overtime rates for working in excess of 39 hours, when so many work 48 for flat pay. Some arguments perhaps for unsocial hours payments, midnight to 7am, but a lot of the 'conditions' outlined in the EROs are just window dressing anyway.

Nothing to stop local workers signing up to a collective agreement.

I think its a done deal anyway as per eu/imf direction, so not going to be much will to keep them.
tomasocarthaigh
08-02-2011, 02:51 PM
Thats all well and grand until its YOUR pay being slashed by abolishing ERO's. Take out peoples wages, and they will find it hard to pay mortgages... 300,000 people... THEN you will see a REAL banking crises...
C. Flower
08-02-2011, 03:36 PM
The EROs are a very outdated mechanism and need to be abolished. Overtime rates for Sunday when we live in a 7 day society is just nonsense. Or overtime rates for working in excess of 39 hours, when so many work 48 for flat pay. Some arguments perhaps for unsocial hours payments, midnight to 7am, but a lot of the 'conditions' outlined in the EROs are just window dressing anyway.

Nothing to stop local workers signing up to a collective agreement.

I think its a done deal anyway as per eu/imf direction, so not going to be much will to keep them.

Anti social hours are anti social and long hours are bad for the health. The only justification for cutting payments is that they can get away with it because of high unemployment. It's a bad argument.