Labour Court overturns €3,000 overtime recommendation on Dublin City Council appeal

The Labour Court allowed Dublin City Council’s appeal and set aside a €3,000 recommendation for a worker whose overtime was cancelled in 2009. The decision was dated 21 August 2014. The worker, a chargehand in the council’s Road Maintenance Division, was represented by Unite. The council said the overtime was voluntary, irregular and not rostered, and was reinstated in 2010. Unite argued the worker suffered a substantial loss and that the restructured system did not match the earlier one. The Court found the overtime was voluntary and not regular or rostered, and said compensation was not payable for its discontinuance.