Labour Court varies recommendation on Enterprise Ireland worker’s pension entitlement

The Labour Court varied a Rights Commissioner recommendation concerning an unnamed retired Enterprise Ireland worker’s pension entitlement in a decision dated 6 June 2017. The Court notionally set his appointment to the Level D post at October 2014 for pension purposes only. The Services Industrial Professional Technical Union said the worker had performed the role’s duties since 2005 and sought the Level D scale from October 2014. Enterprise Ireland argued it could not regrade him under the Public Service Agreement and that the post, approved in December 2015, could not be backdated. The Court found that the promotion’s timing near retirement had uniquely affected his superannuation entitlements.