Labour Court rejects Kilkenny Corporation appeal over call-out allowance

In 1995, the Labour Court rejected Kilkenny Corporation's appeal of a Rights Commissioner's recommendation on a call-out allowance claim. The decision was dated 30 May 1995. The Services Industrial Professional Technical Union sought an allowance for a caretaker and a general operative at St Kieran's Cemetery, saying both had to be available at short notice for weekend funerals. Kilkenny Corporation said they worked occasional weekends and received overtime for those attendances. The Court was not satisfied that the general operative was required to be available at short notice, but said negotiations between the parties were the best way to deal with the claim, as the Rights Commissioner had recommended.