Labour Court upholds Mater Private Hospital pay scale recommendation

The Labour Court upheld a recommendation placing an unnamed Mater Private Hospital security officer on the penultimate point of the clerical Grade 5 scale from 1 September 1996, reaching the maximum point a year later. The recommendation was upheld on 1 October 1997. The worker argued that he had been denied public-service pay awards and additional duties went unrewarded. The hospital said it was not bound by public-service pay scales. The Court considered the recommendation reasonable and noted that the worker had agreed to be bound by the Rights Commissioner’s findings; it rejected the appeal.