Labour Court rejects worker’s appeal over service credit at Eastern Health Board hospitals

The Labour Court rejected a worker’s appeal and upheld a Rights Commissioner’s recommendation that his service at St Ita’s Hospital was not transferable for annual leave allocation and acting-up assignments at St Brendan’s Hospital. The decision was dated 8 October 1998. The worker said he was unaware of the restriction when he transferred and believed other staff retained their service. The Eastern Health Board said he knew the consequences and that service counted for salary and superannuation, but not for annual leave or acting-up assignments.