The Workplace Relations Commission has ordered John Tinnelly & Sons (Ireland) Limited to raise truck driver Anthony Cosgrave’s hourly rate from €19.53 to €20.03 and pay the 50-cent hourly shortfall retrospectively from 5 August 2024. The decision was dated 14 July 2025. The company argued that Cosgrave was a lorry driver rather than a Grade B construction operative, and said waste management and asbestos removal generated 60% of its consolidated turnover. Adjudication Officer Catherine Byrne found the company operated in the construction sector and that Cosgrave’s work removing demolition waste from building sites fell within Category B.
WRC orders construction contractor to raise truck driver’s hourly pay
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