Employment Law

In her opening speech to the CTU Biennial Conference - Workers Rights in the 21st Century - President, Helen Kelly highlighted the importance of workers’ rights in order to address inequality and promote fairness.

Helen Kelly issued a message to unions "our challenge is not just to fight for improvements in workers’ rights, but in the process to build and innovate from what we have.

The CTU Out@Work Council says that new workplace laws, coming into effect Friday 1 April, will make it easier for employers to discriminate against workers based on their gender identity or sexuality. The extension of the 90-day fire at will legislation means that an employer can sack any worker in the first 90 days of their employment without having to give a reason.

18 February 2011

The Government’s claims about the flow-on impact of the Court of Appeal decision on sleepover shifts worked by disability support workers were tested in court and were found to be wrong, said the CTU today.

CTU President Helen Kelly said: “It is time the Government faced up to the fact that disability support workers have been grossly underpaid for years.

The survey of 90 day ‘fire at will’ trials published today is another feeble attempt to justify this unfair law, said the Council of Trade Unions.

CTU President Helen Kelly said: “Nothing in this survey contradicts the essential point that the law strips employees of the right to a fair hearing and allows bosses to sack people for nothing – which we have proved is happening.”

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