Labour Court upholds union complaint over subcontractor at O’ Malley site

The Labour Court found the Building and Allied Trades Union’s complaint against O’ Malley Construction Co Ltd well-founded in a decision signed on 24 December 2007. The complaint concerned a subcontractor at the company’s Bloomfield Road site that was not complying with the construction industry’s registered employment agreement. The company ended the subcontractor’s engagement shortly after learning of the complaint, so the Court said no further order was necessary. Separate union concerns about alleged unpaid liabilities to the subcontractor’s former employees fell outside this complaint and could be pursued through the industry’s agreed procedures.