Labour Court upholds €4,500 award to Allied Foods worker

The Labour Court upheld a €4,500 recommendation for a worker at Allied Foods Limited, rejecting the company’s appeal in a decision dated 12 April 2011. The worker’s role changed from day work to night shift, and she said she was not paid a 25% shift premium. Her union, the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union, argued that she had no choice about the change and should receive the premium paid to other night-shift workers. Allied Foods said customer demands required the change and that salary increases already reflected the worker’s role and shift change.