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Thu 03 Mar 2011Fast-food firms challenge constitutionality of Labour Court-approved pay agreements
A CHALLENGE by fast-food operators to the constitutionality of laws setting mandatory minimum rates of pay and conditions for more than 190,000 workers has opened before the High Court.
The case relates to catering workers but has implications for all workers whose minimum pay and conditions are set under employment regulation orders (EROs) proposed by joint labour committees (JLCs) for approval by the Labour Court.
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