Labour Court rejects union appeal for worker’s lost earnings at Woodfab Timber

The Labour Court rejected an appeal by the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union seeking compensation for a worker’s eight-week delay in returning to work at Woodfab Timber Limited. The decision was dated 30 November 2011. The union argued that the company delayed the worker’s return after he was cleared to work and sought lost earnings. The company said the delay was unavoidable because a redundancy had to be completed. The Court found the company acted reasonably in arranging his return after a prolonged absence and rejected the appeal.