Ireland: Fast food firms challenge pay body

The Quick Service Food Alliance, an organisation representing fast food companies in Ireland, announced in April 2009 that it has launched a legal challenge to the system whereby binding minimum pay rates are set for the catering sector.

Joint Labour Committees (JLCs) are statutory bodies, made up of employer and trade union representatives, that agree minimum pay rates and employment conditions for a particular sector, usually where collective bargaining has traditionally been weak and pay low.