Labour Court recommends revised salary placement for Western Development Commission worker

The Labour Court recommended a revised salary placement for a Fund Development Manager at the Western Development Commission after the union appealed a Rights Commissioner recommendation. The decision was signed on 8 April 2005. The Irish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade Union sought incremental credit for 1998, 1999 and 2000, along with seven extra annual leave days for each year. The Commission said the worker’s contract set a single-point salary and 22 days’ annual leave, and that later assimilation to the pay scale had not disadvantaged her. The Court recommended placing her on LSI 1 of the AP (Higher) Scale from 1 April 2005 and at the scale’s top point from 1 April 2002, with consequential adjustments. It described this as a practical solution based on the case’s unique and once-off nature.