Labour Court overturns €2,000 recommendation in An Post staffing dispute

The Labour Court overturned a Rights Commissioner’s recommendation that An Post pay a worker €2,000 and place him on a panel for future vacancies. The decision was dated 9 March 2009. The dispute concerned three vacant patrol staff posts in Cork. The worker argued the posts should have been filled according to seniority and suitability. Two posts were reserved for employees who had already been acting in those roles, leaving one vacancy, which the worker did not apply for. The Court found that the 2007 agreement addressed the specific vacancies and that An Post had applied it correctly. It rejected the worker’s appeal and overturned the recommendation.