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The Agricultural Institute is the only semi-
State body which pays such allowances.
It was
argued that the philosophy of the trade union
movement is that there should be equal pay for
equal work and allowances in any shape or form
are frowned upon. The Institute agrees with this
philosophy and implements the policy of equal
pay for men and women for equal work. The
trade union movement claims, and the Institute
again agrees, that the effective support of wives
and particularly of children should be catered for
through the tax structure. The Institute went on
to say that it is also Government policy that allow
ances such as these should not be allowed to
escalate or go any further than they now are. To
grant such allowances would be a backward step,
and the trade union and Government policies
would appear to agree with this. Furthermore,
attacks have already been made on marriage
differentiated scales in the civil service itself and
the matter is likely to be discussed by the Com
mission on the Status of Women. In time, whether
sooner or later, the Institute expects the Govern
ment to phase out the existing allowance in the
context of some future negotiations on the adjust
ments necessary in the public services pay struc
ture to ensure compatibility with the E.E.C. inter
pretation, endorsed by the trade union movement,
of the principle of equal pay.
The Government has entry to the E.E.C. very
much in view and it is its wish, as expressed to
the Board of the Institute, that such allowances
as those for marriage and children should not
escalate.
In its recommendation, recently published, the
Labour Court did not recommend the granting
of this claim in view of the fact that marriage and
children's allowances are not paid in the great
bulk of employment
in State-sponsored bodies
and that the Agricultural Institute cases appears to
be an exception to the general rule.
E.A.P.
PARTNERSHIPS AND
AMALGAMATIONS
Partner required for old established
country practice, Midlands.
Box No. P 101.
REDUNDANCY APPEALS
TRIBUNAL
Thirty-eight appeals were heard by the Tribunal
in February 1971. Fifteen appeals were allowed
and
twenty-three failed.
The following table
shows
the representation of the parties before
the tribunal and the result of the appeals related
to the representation of the parties —
Representing
Win for
Appellant Respondent Appellant Respondent
Solicitor
6817
Counsel
Other
professional
-
18
Trade
Union
22
10
Employers'
Federation
—
Company
Official
In person
7
No
appearance
3
38
38
15
23
While no particular conclusion can be drawn from
these figures it is interesting to note that in the
thirty-eight appeals,
six appellants and eight
respondents were
represented
by
solicitors.
Twenty-two appellants were represented by trade
union officials. The success rate for solicitors for
appellants was one out of six and for solicitors
for respondents, seven out of eight. Of the twenty-
two appellants represented by trade union officials,
ten were successful. Counsel appeared for re
spondents in two appeals both of which succeeded.
Eighteen respondents appeared by other profes
sional representatives and seven were successful.
Of the six appeals in which company officials
represented respondents, four succeeded.
The
decisions of the Redundancy Appeals Tribunal
are filed in the Society's library.
E.A.P.
231