CD/26/10
RECOMMENDATION NO. LCR23243 |
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACTS 1946 TO 2015
SECTION 20(1) INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1969
PARTIES:
JANSSEN SCIENCES IRELAND UC T/A JOHNSON & JOHNSON INNOVATIVE MEDICINE
AND
A WORKER
(REPRESENTED BY CONNECT TRADE UNION)
DIVISION:
| Chairman: | Mr Haugh |
| Employer Member: | Mr O'Brien |
| Worker Member: | Ms Treacy |
SUBJECT:
Referral under Section 20(1) of the Industrial Relations Act 1969
BACKGROUND:
Connect Trade Union on behalf of its’ members referred this case to the Labour Court on 18th November 2025 in accordance with Section 20 (1) of the Industrial Relations Act, 1969 and agreed to be bound by the Court’s Recommendation.
A Labour Court hearing took place on 25th March 2026.
RECOMMENDATION:
The Dispute
Connect Trade Union (‘the Union’) has forty-two Workers in membership on the site in Ringaskiddy operated by Janssen Sciences UC (‘the Company’) and is seeking to be recognised for all individual and collective matters relevant to its members’ employment. There was no appearance on behalf of the Company at the within hearing.
Recommendation
The Court recommends that the Company should recognise the Union as the chosen representative of those employees who join the Union for all industrial relations purposes.
The Court further recommends that the parties should enter into negotiations with a view to concluding a collective agreement dealing with, amongst other things, the procedural arrangements within which the normal industrial relations business will be conducted between them.
The Court so recommends.
 | Signed on behalf of the Labour Court |
| |
| ALAN HAUGH |
| CC | ______________________ |
| 8th April 2026 | Deputy Chairman |
NOTE
Enquiries concerning this Decision should be addressed to Ms Ceola Cronin, Court Secretary.