The Junior Finance Minister says unions that don't accept the Haddington Road agreement will not avail of the terms of the deal when the government enacts the legislation this Summer.
Brian Hayes says the coalition aims to have the new proposals, brokered at the Labour Relations Commission, in place by July 1st.
Teaching unions, the TUI and the ASTI have both said they'll reject the Haddington agreement and have no plans to ballot their members on the proposals, which they say are too similar to those contained in Croke Park II.
Minister Hayes told Newstalk's Breakfast those unions who don't accept the new agreement on public sector pay and conditions will lose out:
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ASTI General Secretary, Pat King said a key reason behind the rejection is the inclusion of the abolition of payment for supervision and substitution work.
John McGabhann, General Secretary of the TUI, says his members don't need to be ballotted again because they voted so strongly against the first set of Croke Park II proposals, and the Haddington Road agreement doesn't represent enough change.
But he's given a commitment that there's no intention to impact Junior or Leaving Cert exams with industrial action:
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Yesterday afternoon, Ireland's largest union SIPTU, said it would recommend that its members accept the new proposals.
Proposals published
The LRC proposals have been published, with the commission saying the positions in the document represent the limit of what can be achieved by negotiation between the parties.
SIPTU warned the production of proposals does not mean a deal has been done.
Public Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin has welcomed the publication of the recommendations, saying "the open engagement by all parties in the recent negotiations is to be welcomed".
Legislation also published
The government has also published legislation to give effect to draft agreements reached during the recent LRC talks.
It says the legislation is needed if direct pay reductions are to be applied to the pay of any public servants.
It will be debated before the Houses of the Oireachtas next week.
