Labour Court rejects union appeal over Irish Biscuits worker’s unpaid suspension

In 1996, the Labour Court rejected Services Industrial Professional Technical Union’s appeal concerning a worker’s one-day unpaid suspension at Irish Biscuits Ltd. The decision was dated 4 September 1996. The Court upheld the Rights Commissioner’s recommendation that the employer’s position be upheld. The union said the worker had continued with his rostered task and should not have been suspended, and that a shop steward should have been present. The company said he refused a request to transfer duties and declined union representation. The Court found no grounds to amend the recommendation.