We’ll get by with a little help from our (EU) friends…Ireland, the Adequate Minimum Wage Directive, and the Action Plan for Collective Bargaining

Abstract

Just over one year ago, in this journal, I wrote of how the Adequate Minimum Wage Directive, pre-transposition, was already having an impact on Irish law and policy regarding collective bargaining. There have been considerable developments over the past 12 months or so; the challenge to the Directive before the CJEU has been heard, and the matter settled, and Ireland is one of the first Member States to publish its Collective Bargaining Action Plan, as required by the Directive. In this short update, I will give some initial reflections on the Plan, and some thoughts on the future after the CJEU ruling.