In this episode of our insights podcast we focus on the topic of “Managing Private Sector Pay in 2022 in the face of the Inflation Challenge”.  Here Caroline Jenkinson Strategic Adviser to Stratis Consulting and a former Deputy Chairman of the Labour Court chats to Brendan McGinty, Managing Partner of Stratis Consulting, and special guest, Gerry McCormack, Deputy General Secretary for the Private Sector, with SIPTU. Brendan and Gerry have worked together professionally over all of their career and so, given their vast experience, are uniquely positioned to discuss this important issue facing employers and workers. Brendan is a founding member of the Stratis team, along with Brendan McCarthy and Liam Doherty. He is a leading expert in people strategy, employee relations, employment policy, communications, change management, dispute resolution and public affairs. Prior to setting up Stratis Consulting he was Director of Industrial Relations and Human Resource Services with Ibec. Brendan is Chairman of the Board of Skillnet Ireland Ltd, is an Independent Director and member of the Governing Body of the National College of Ireland, and is a board member of the Workplace Relations Commission. Gerry has been a full time official since 1995 having worked in the Cavan and Monaghon Branches and bcame National Industrial Secretary for the Private Sector in 2005 and later Manufacturing Division Organiser. Gerry, as a Deputy General Secretary of the union is one of four National Executive Officers of SIPTU and under his leadership of the private sector, he has successfully formulated and coordinated the unions pay campaign throughout companies in manufacturing and has been to the fore on issues arising for workers from Brexit and the rising cost of living.

Our 'Stratis Insights' Podcast series will bring you the latest strategic employment relations insights covering Employee Relations, People Strategy & Engagement and also Workplace Innovation. Stratis Consulting is an expert, partner-led consultancy comprising of the most experienced team of employment relations and industrial relations practitioners in Ireland. Each partner has over 30 years’ experience in supporting, guiding and advising employers on strategic ER projects. Liam Doherty is joined by Brendan McGinty, managing partner at Stratis Consulting, and Kevin Duffy, former chairman of the labor court. In this episode they focus on the question of whether we are heading towards some form of mandatory union recognition in Ireland. This podcast is a collection of the previous four episodes, which focus each on a different aspect of this overall discussion.

Our 'Stratis Insights' Podcast series will bring you the latest strategic employment relations insights covering Employee Relations, People Strategy & Engagement and also Workplace Innovation. Stratis Consulting is an expert, partner-led consultancy comprising of the most experienced team of employment relations and industrial relations practitioners in Ireland. Each partner has over 30 years’ experience in supporting, guiding and advising employers on strategic ER projects. Liam Doherty is joined by Brendan McGinty, managing partner at Stratis Consulting, and Kevin Duffy, former chairman of the labor court. In this episode they focus on whether the review may focus unduly on the collective bargaining issue and miss the potential for more significant industrial relations reform.

Our 'Stratis Insights' Podcast series will bring you the latest strategic employment relations insights covering Employee Relations, People Strategy & Engagement and also Workplace Innovation. Stratis Consulting is an expert, partner-led consultancy comprising of the most experienced team of employment relations and industrial relations practitioners in Ireland. Each partner has over 30 years’ experience in supporting, guiding and advising employers on strategic ER projects. Liam Doherty is joined by Brendan McGinty, managing partner at Stratis Consulting, and Kevin Duffy, former chairman of the labor court. In this episode they are looking at multinational enterprises in Ireland and discussing whether there's any real appreciation of the need to protect the special position of these employers, who are for market leading remuneration and benefits and pursue high engagement practices with their employees.

Our 'Stratis Insights' Podcast series will bring you the latest strategic employment relations insights covering Employee Relations, People Strategy & Engagement and also Workplace Innovation. Stratis Consulting is an expert, partner-led consultancy comprising of the most experienced team of employment relations and industrial relations practitioners in Ireland. Each partner has over 30 years’ experience in supporting, guiding and advising employers on strategic ER projects. Liam Doherty is joined by Brendan McGinty, managing partner at Stratis Consulting, and Kevin Duffy, former chairman of the labor court. In this episode they are discussing the industrial relations act 2015 - the so called 'right to bargain' legislation -and why it remains largely unused. They also explore the reasons for the shift in trade union strategy to focus on the European dimension.

Our 'Stratis Insights' Podcast series will bring you the latest strategic employment relations insights covering Employee Relations, People Strategy & Engagement and also Workplace Innovation. Stratis Consulting is an expert, partner-led consultancy comprising of the most experienced team of employment relations and industrial relations practitioners in Ireland. Each partner has over 30 years’ experience in supporting, guiding and advising employers on strategic ER projects. Liam Doherty is joined by Brendan McGinty, managing partner at Stratis Consulting, and Kevin Duffy, former chairman of the labor court. In this episode they are asking the questions of whether collective bargaining and industrial relations deliver a balanced outcome, and is voluntarism, as we know it, at an end?

Before the pandemic hit, the ‘run rate’ for private sector pay was running at c 2.5% per annum, many for up to 3 years, with a small number of agreements at even higher levels based on business performance and market outlook.  However over 2020, for many employers, pay was off the agenda, especially for those reliant on the domestic economy. As we now look towards the prospect of brighter times ahead and against the current background, it is now relevant to ask what will be the impact on private sector pay in 2021 as we emerge from the grip of the pandemic? In this episode of the Stratis Insights Podcast Brendan McGinty, Managing Partner, Stratis Consulting takes stock of where we are now and issues guidance to employers when it comes to private sector pay.