Labour Court rejects University College Galway union's retrospective pay appeal

The Labour Court rejected the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union's appeal and upheld the Rights Commissioner's recommendation rejecting a Student Councillor's claim for retrospective pay after upgrading at University College Galway. The decision was signed on 4 April 1995. The union argued that the grading agreement was silent on retrospection and cited the worker's contribution to the College. The College said the agreement set the grading structure's effective date as March 1992 and that retrospective treatment could have wider cost implications. The Court agreed that the agreement effectively ruled out retrospection for the claimant.