Labour Court rejects driver’s appeal over short-time work

In 1994, the Labour Court rejected a J.J. Lowe Haulage Limited driver’s appeal and upheld a Rights Commissioner’s recommendation on discipline and short-time work. The decision was signed on 25 August 1994. The worker argued the recommendation left him on a three-day week indefinitely and that a shortage of contracts was not the genuine reason. The company said incidents at customer premises and his conduct limited the work available, and that a five-day week depended on new contracts. The Court urged the company to make every effort to implement the recommendation in full at the earliest opportunity.