WRC recommends €250 payment in dispute over plaster technician’s pay rate

The WRC recommended that the respondent pay the worker €250 net to settle a dispute over when a plaster casting technician’s pay rate should apply. The recommendation was dated 3 May 2017. The worker said the rate should apply from 29 May 2013, when he received his professional qualification. The respondent said he was training for the role until a post became available and that the role was advertised in 2014, after which he was selected subject to satisfactory references. The officer found there was no standard assimilation procedure for the role and that the process had been ad hoc. The recommendation also urged the institutions to address the issues to avoid similar disputes.