Report of Independent Review of Employment Regulation Orders and Registered Employment Agreement Wage Setting Mechanisms

An independent review of the framework of statutory wage setting mechanisms known as Employment Regulation Orders (ERO) and Registered Employment Agreements (REA). The review was a commitment under the provisions of the joint EU-IMF Programme for Ireland. The Review was conducted jointly by Mr. Kevin Duffy, Chairman of the Labour Court, acting in an ad hoc capacity, and by Dr. Frank Walsh, Lecturer, School of Economics, University College Dublin, having regard to the need for this independent review to draw both on particular knowledge of the operation of wage setting mechanisms and independent economic expertise.