Labour Court rejects union claim over Rowntree Mackintosh redundancy calculation

The Labour Court did not recommend conceding the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union's claim over the redundancy lump sum calculation for a Rowntree Mackintosh (Ireland) plc worker. The recommendation was signed on 4 June 1987. The worker disputed the company's calculation of service and average weekly earnings. The union argued some strike days should not be deducted and that additional payments should count toward average earnings. Rowntree Mackintosh said the strike-day deduction had been accepted in other cases and a protected lunch payment was not earnings.