Labour Court adds €1,500 payment in Tesco Ireland worker’s appeal

The Labour Court varied a Rights Commissioner’s recommendation in a Tesco Ireland worker’s appeal, adding an ex-gratia payment of €1,500. The decision was dated 13 October 2008. The dispute concerned whether the worker, a part-time general assistant who had previously been a chargehand, should have been included in a 2006 agreement covering certain chargehands and a 7.5% allowance. Tesco argued she had stepped down as a chargehand in 1997 and the position at its Lucan store was later made redundant. Mandate argued she continued to perform chargehand duties and the agreement had been applied inconsistently. The Court found the agreement did not apply to her, but said the agreed list was inexact and noted her flexibility and interchangeability with the previous chargehand. It varied the recommendation to include the payment in full and final, non-precedential resolution of the matter.