Labour Court affirms rejection of Joe Burns’s fixed-term-work complaint

The Labour Court affirmed the decision rejecting Joe Burns’s fixed-term-work complaint against Dunlaoghaire Rathdown County Council. Its determination was signed on 2 June 2017. Burns appealed after the council returned him to his Staff Officer grade from a temporary Senior Staff Officer appointment. He argued that the appointment was a fixed-term contract; the council said he remained a permanent employee throughout. The Court found that Burns was employed permanently on a contract of indefinite duration and lacked standing to maintain the appeal. The complaint was not well founded and the appeal failed; the merits were not decided.