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Minimum labour standards in a social partnership system: the persistence of the Irish variant of Wages Councils
Author(s) -
O'Sullivan Michelle,
Wallace Joseph
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.2010.00604.x
Subject(s) - irish , opposition (politics) , economics , general partnership , labour economics , persistence (discontinuity) , wage , minimum wage , political science , law , finance , philosophy , linguistics , geotechnical engineering , politics , engineering
This article examines the Irish variant of the Wages Councils, Joint Labour Committees (JLC), which set legally binding minimum pay and conditions for low‐paid workers in some sectors. We trace the reasons for the continued existence of the JLC system even after the introduction of a National Minimum Wage in 2000. We also examine its contemporary relevance and the prospects for its retention in the future, particularly in light of growing employer opposition to them.