In 1995, the Labour Court upheld Aer Lingus's appeal and rejected a Rights Commissioner's recommendation that the company pay a worker £3,000 for lost rostered overtime. The decision was signed on 28 June 1995.
The worker was a clerical employee in Aer Lingus's cargo section at Cork airport and had worked rostered overtime for 19 years before it was eliminated. Services Industrial Professional Technical Union argued that the overtime had become a longstanding part of the worker's earnings and that compensation should be considered when it ended.
Aer Lingus argued that overtime had declined for several reasons, including changes to customs work, and warned that compensation could prompt other claims. The Court expressed sympathy for the worker but found against compensation, citing the company's financial circumstances and agreements intended to secure employment and its future. The £3,000 was the Rights Commissioner's recommendation; the Labour Court rejected it on the company's appeal.