Labour Court upholds €500 recommendation in Donegal County Council regrading appeal

The Labour Court upheld a €500 compensation recommendation after a worker’s appeal over permanent regrading as a Waterworks Inspector failed. The decision was signed on 20 November 2015. Donegal County Council said the worker had acted in the role while awaiting a permanent appointment and had to return to his substantive post when recruitment was approved. The Court accepted that differences between Donegal and national grading scales could have caused confusion, but found he had not substantiated his claim to move from Grade III to Grade V on the national scale.