Labour Court upholds £2,000 recommendation in Bord Na Mona team leader dispute

The Labour Court upheld a Rights Commissioner’s £2,000 recommendation in a dispute over a worker’s removal as team leader at Bord Na Mona’s Derrygreenagh Works. The decision was signed on 8 January 1999, and the Court rejected both parties’ appeals. The Services Industrial Professional Technical Union argued that the longest-serving general worker should have remained a team leader. Bord Na Mona said its selection followed the agreed criteria. The Court noted that no procedural agreement covered a situation like this and that the parties were addressing the issue for future cases.