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Creatives win right to collective negotiation
05 Sep 2017 / employment Print

Creatives win right to negotiate terms en masse

An amendment to the Competition Act 2002 now gives collective bargaining rights to some self-employed creative types. 

Jobs minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor welcomed the enactment of a Labour Party private members’ bill on 8 June declaring it consistent with existing competition law. 

Trade union

Creatives, such as voiceover artists, freelance journalists and session musicians, can now be represented by a trade union for the purposes of collective bargaining. 

The move was promised under a previous social partnership agreement, Towards 2016. 

The amendment permits trade unions to apply for an exemption to section 4 of the Competition Act for certain named categories of workers

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