Labour Court varies recommendation in HSE worker’s incremental credit appeal

The Labour Court rejected a union appeal over a worker’s request for incremental credit for retained part-time firefighter service, but recommended that he accept the HSE’s offer of three additional points. The Court varied the Rights Commissioner’s decision, dated 3 December 2007. The worker, represented by Services Industrial Professional Technical Union, was an emergency medical technician with HSE South Eastern Region. The HSE said his retained firefighter service did not qualify for credit, while his earlier ambulance-driver service had already been credited. The Court noted that local agreements appeared to set different guidelines from the 1997 agreement.