Labour Court varies €5,000 pay recommendation for promoted worker

The Labour Court varied a Rights Commissioner’s recommendation in a pay dispute involving Cork Probation Residence and a worker promoted to manager. It directed negotiations to proceed without delay and said any revised salary should apply from the date of the Rights Commissioner’s recommendation and be reflected in the worker’s redundancy payment. The decision was dated 27 May 2008. The worker had been a houseparent for 16 years before winning the manager role in July 2005. The union said his salary had not increased to reflect the role; the employer said the hostel had not reopened and he had not taken on the manager’s duties. The Rights Commissioner had recommended €5,000 compensation alongside discussions on the appropriate salary scale.