Labour Court refers part-time cleaners’ holiday claim to wider talks

In 1987, the Labour Court said a claim by six part-time cleaners at Greendale Community School for 13 days’ paid annual leave and public-holiday pay should be pursued in wider discussions on holiday entitlements for part-time cleaners employed by the State. The recommendation was signed on 11 May 1987. The cleaners’ unions argued that the workers had long service but no paid holidays. The Department said they received statutory entitlements and that extending pro-rata leave could set a costly precedent across the public service.