Labour Court upholds HSE recommendation on acting-up posts

The Labour Court upheld a Rights Commissioner’s recommendation on an HSE worker’s grievance about acting-up appointments, but did not recommend compensation. Its decision was dated 17 July 2012. The Court found that the 2003 appointment process did not follow the policy then in place. It accepted that the 2008 process was handled reasonably, as the post was expected to be temporary, and noted that the worker did not raise a grievance about the 2003 appointment until 2008. The worker said the appointments affected his career progression; the HSE relied on the former authority’s policy for 2003 and the expected short duration of the 2008 post.