Labour Court affirms rest-break ruling for Coastal Line Container Terminal Limited workers

In 1999, the Labour Court disallowed Coastal Line Container Terminal Limited's appeal and affirmed a decision requiring compliant rest periods and breaks for its workers at Dublin Port. The determination was signed on 23 February 1999. The Services Industrial Professional Technical Union brought the case for 24 full-time employees and eight casual workers. The company argued that transport exemptions applied; the Court found that the employees were dock workers providing services at a harbour, so those exemptions did not cover them. The details of the rest periods and breaks were to be agreed between the parties.