Labour Court varies planner’s increment recommendation

The Labour Court varied a recommendation on a Limerick County Council planner’s withheld increment, rejecting the union’s claim for payment from the date it fell due. The decision was signed on 27 May 2013. The worker, represented by the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union, had sought the increment backdated to its due date. The Court recommended that it be paid after a satisfactory 12-month performance review, with quarterly reviews, a training needs analysis and a development plan over the next year.