Labour Court rejects union’s appeal over overtime claim for 12 Howmedica workers

In 1991, the Labour Court rejected the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union’s appeal over lost overtime earnings for 12 Howmedica International Incorporated maintenance workers. The Court found that the 1989 agreement left no valid claim for the group and did not uphold the appeal. Its decision was dated 17 December 1991. The union said the workers had averaged about 15 hours of overtime a week, compared with about five hours in other sections, and sought compensation after a plant-wide reduction. Howmedica said the 1989 agreement covered all workers and provided a £12 increase to basic rates in return for reduced overtime.