Registered Employment Agreement (Freshways Food Company) Order 2019

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 661/2019
• Year: 2019

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 31st December, 2019.

WHEREAS I, PAT BREEN, Minister of State at the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (5A) (inserted by section 5 (d) of the Industrial Relations (Amendment)Act 2012 (No. 32 of 2012)) of section 27 of the Industrial Relations Act 1946 (No. 26 of 1946), being satisfied that subsections (1) to (5) of the said section 27 have been complied with and considering it appropriate to do so, hereby make the following order:

1. This Order may be cited as the Registered Employment Agreement (Freshways Food Company) Order 2019.

2. The terms of the employment agreement registered by the Labour Court on 29 May 2017 and set out in the Schedule are hereby confirmed.

SCHEDULE

SIPTU Exclusivity Agreement with Freshways Food Company Ltd

30/11/2016

Clause 1:

Purpose of Agreement

The purpose of this Agreement is to promote co-operation and good industrial relations between the Company and the Union, and to develop an orderly and harmonious relationship to the mutual advantage of the Company, the Union members and all employees of the Company. Therefore, the parties recognise that the success of the Company and the job security of the employees, depends upon the Company’s success in manufacturing a quality product and its ability to sell a product in a competitive market. Fundamental to the execution of this Agreement is the fact that the Company must be operating and trading profitably and must retain sufficient reserves to withstand market and commercial uncertainties. To that end the Company is required to update, on a six-monthly basis, the performance indicators to the relevant SIPTU officials. In the event that there is a dispute in respect to these key performance indicators, the Company will appoint an Independent Individual or Practice to give their view. This to take place no more than once every two years and the outcome would be confidential to the SIPTU officials only.

Consequently, both parties dedicate themselves to settle all differences, that may arise herein, peacefully and satisfactorily by sincere and patient efforts and in accordance with the Grievance Procedures agreed in this document. It is also hereby agreed that no action will be taken by either side until the Grievance Procedure has been exhausted, except in cases warranting instant dismissal.

Any future proposed changes to employee Terms & Conditions of Employment, as contained in the Employee Handbook, or difference of interpretation of same, will be addressed in the first instance by dialogue between the parties at local level.

All parties agree that they will meaningfully engage in such a dialogue in an effort to reach an agreement. However, should agreement not be reached at this stage, both parties agree that the matter will jointly be referred to the WRC and/or the Labour Court for...