Labour Court upholds €1,500 recommendation on worker’s appeal

The Labour Court upheld a €1,500 recommendation in a pay-awards dispute involving the National Educational Welfare Board and a worker who was employed as an office manager. The worker appealed the Rights Commissioner’s recommendation, arguing the amount was below her loss; her union sought €3,000. The Board said her fixed-term salary was higher and that other fixed-term employees were treated the same way. The Court found no automatic entitlement to national pay awards under Towards 2016, but upheld the €1,500 recommendation because the position had lacked clarity. The appeal failed. The decision was signed on 19 November 2010.