Labour Court does not recommend Southern Health Board concede security workers’ regrading claim

In 1987, the Labour Court did not recommend that Southern Health Board concede the Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union’s claim to move 10 Cork Regional Hospital security workers from Group 4 to Group 7. The recommendation was signed on 6 April 1987. The union said the workers’ duties and responsibilities had increased since they were placed on Group 4 of a national pay structure. Southern Health Board said the workers were covered by a national agreement for about 10,000 staff, and argued Group 7 was supervisory while the security workers had no direct supervisory duties. The Court concluded that their duties had not changed enough to warrant regrading.