Electrical contractors win High Court order quashing pay rules

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The High Court agreed on 25 October 2022 to quash the Sectoral Employment Order setting pay and conditions for electrical workers, after the State did not oppose the National Electrical Contractors of Ireland’s application.

The proceedings were struck out, and costs were awarded to the contractors’ association. The order concerned an SEO that had taken effect at the start of February.

The association had argued that the Labour Court did not properly address its submissions and that some employment conditions in the order could not be met. Those were the association’s claims, not findings stated in the report.