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Irish Employment Law
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1946
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Industrial Relations Act 1946 (No. 26)
Introductory Text
Acts Referred to
Part I Preliminary and General (ss. 1-9)
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Definitions generally
4. "worker"
5. Regulations
6. Laying of regulations before Houses of the Oireachtas
7. Prosecutions by the Minister
8. Repeals
9. Expenses
Part II The Labour Court. (ss. 10-24)
10. Establishment of the Labour Court.
Divisions of the Court (ss. 11-12)
11.
12.
13. Registrar and officers and servants of the Court
14. Technical assessors
15. Places for sittings of the Court and lodgment of documents
16. Conciliation officers
17. Finality of decisions of the Court
18. Seal of the Court
19. Proof of orders of the Court.
20. Procedure of the Court
21. Power of Court to summon witnesses, etc
22. Prohibition on disclosure of information
23. Reports, etc., by Court
24. Duty of Court to consider certain matters with regard to employment conditions referred to it by the Minister
Part III Agreements Relating to Wages and Conditions of Employment (ss. 25-33A)
25. Definitions for purposes of Part III
26. Register of Employment Agreements
27. Registration of employment agreements
28. Variation of registered employment agreement
29. Cancellation of registration
30. Adaptation of contracts of service consequential upon registration of employment agreement
31. Publication of particulars in relation to employment agreements and right to obtain copies thereof
32. Breaches of registered employment agreements
33. Interpretation of registered employment agreements
33A. Exemption from obligation to pay rate of remuneration provided by registered employment agreement
Part IV Regulation by the Court of Remuneration and Conditions of Employment of Certain Workers (ss. 34-58)
Definitions (s. 34)
34. Definitions for purposes of Part IV
Joint Labour Committees (ss. 35-41A)
35. Power of the Court to establish joint labour committees
36. Applications for establishment orders
37. Restrictions on making establishment orders
38. Inquiry into application for an establishment order
39. Making of establishment orders
40. Revocation and variation of establishment orders
41. Constitution, officers and proceedings of joint labour committees
41A. Review of joint labour committees
Employment Regulation Orders (ss. 42-52)
42. Proposals by joint labour committees in relation to remuneration and conditions of employment
42A. Proposals by joint labour committees in relation to remuneration and conditions of employment
42B. Proposals by joint labour committee for employment regulation orders
42C. Making of employment regulation orders
43. Making of employment regulation orders
44. Adaptation of contracts of service consequential upon employment regulation orders
45. Enforcement of employment regulation orders
45A. Decision of adjudication officer under section 41 of Workplace Relations Act 2015
45B. Decision of Labour Court on appeal from decision referred to in section 45A
45C. Enforcement of determinations of Labour Court
45D. Provisions relating to winding up and bankruptcy
45E. References to rights commissioner by Minister
46. Permits authorising employment of infirm and incapacitated persons at less than the statutory minimum remuneration
47. Computation of remuneration
48. Employers not to receive premiums from apprentices or learners
48A. Exemption from obligation to pay statutory minimum remuneration
49. Records and notices
50. Criminal liability of agent and superior employer and special defence open to employer
51. Inspectors
52. Powers of inspectors
Provisions in relation to trade boards (ss. 53-56)
53. Existing trade boards to become joint labour committees
54. Existing orders under the Trade Boards Acts, 1909 and 1918
55. Pending notices of proposals varying minimum rates of wages under the Trade Boards Acts, 1909 and 1918
56. Adaptation of references to trade boards
Determination of certain questions (s. 57)
57. Determination of certain questions
Standard wages for areas (s. 58)
58. Standard wages for areas
Part V Registered Joint Industrial Councils (ss. 59-65)
59. Definitions for purposes of Part V
60. Register of Joint Industrial Councils
61. Registration of joint industrial councils
62. Cancellation of registration
63. Inspection of rules of registered joint industrial council
64. Appointment of chairman and secretary of a joint industrial council
65. Registered joint industrial council to be a body in respect, of which section 3 of the Trade Union Act, 1942, is applicable
Part VI Trade Disputes (ss. 66-72)
66. "Worker" for the purposes of Part VI
67. Power of Court to investigate trade dispute
68. Recommendation by Court on trade dispute
69. Mediation in trade dispute by conciliation officer
70. Reference of trade dispute to arbitration
71. Investigation by the Court of certain trade disputes resulting in stoppage of work and power to make awards in relation thereto
72. Effect of awards under section 71
Part VII Transitory Provisions in Relation to Wages (Standard Rate) Orders and Bonus Orders under Emergency Powers (No. 166) Order, 1942, and Emergency Powers (No. 260) Order, 1943 (ss. 73-82)
73. Definitions for purposes of Part VII
74. Duration of Part VII
75. Restriction on operation of Part VII
76. Recording of wages (standard rate) orders and bonus orders
77. Court wages order
78. Effect of recording of orders
79. Applications for variation of recorded wages (standard rate) orders and bonus orders
80. Cancellation of recording of wages (standard rate) order and bonus order
81. Publication of particulars
82. Determination or certain questions
First Schedule - Enactments Repealed
Second Schedule - Constitution, Officers and Proceedings of Joint Labour Committees
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Industrial Relations Act 1946 (No. 26)
Part II The Labour Court. (ss. 10-24)
Divisions of the Court (ss. 11-12)
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