Labour Court declines receptionist’s grade 2 pay claim at Loughlinstown Leisure Centre

The Labour Court did not recommend conceding a claim for the local authority grade 2 salary scale for a receptionist at Loughlinstown Leisure Centre, with retrospective pay. The recommendation was signed on 2 July 1987. The Local Government and Public Services Union argued that the Centre’s funding and control by Dun Laoghaire Corporation supported matching the corporation’s salary scale. Management said the receptionist’s work differed from local-authority clerical work and that the Centre needed to control its own costs and pay. The Court found insufficient grounds to change the method used to set the receptionist’s salary.