Labour Court disallows Independent Newspapers appeal over sub editor’s grading

The Labour Court disallowed Independent Newspapers (Ireland) Limited’s appeal and affirmed a recommendation to upgrade a sub editor from grade 2 to grade 3 from July 2003. The decision was dated 6 December 2005. The worker, represented by the National Union of Journalists, was an Evening Herald sub editor. The dispute concerned how an agreed third-party report about the worker’s grading should be implemented. The company argued that it had rejected the report and that the matter should be investigated again. The union said the company had accepted the report and was bound by the third party’s interpretation. The Court found the Rights Commissioner’s findings correct and the recommendation appropriate.