Hotel Restaurant and Catering
- 07 Apr 2008
Ireland: Constitutionality of wage-setting method in hotel industry challengedA High Court challenge by the Irish Hotels Federation and an individual hotelier to the hotel industry’s wage-setting system has been settled out of court – a move that avoided the question of the constitutionality of the entire sector-based minimum wages and conditions system. The settlement was reached after a procedural lapse brought the case to a halt. This is not the first time that the Labour Court has fallen short in terms of evidential standards.
- 04 Feb 2008
Ireland: Hotels employers’ challenge to wage regulation body could set precedentA legal challenge made by the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) to the Joint Labour Committee – which sets legal minimum pay rates for the hotels subsector – could have far-reaching implications for all such pay-setting regulations. If the IHF succeeds in its appeal, this could mean that the only effective minimum wage mechanism for the industry would be the national minimum wage.