Labour Court declines union claim for average downtime bonus at Cavan Crystal

The Labour Court found insufficient grounds for a specific recommendation on the Irish Transport And General Workers' Union’s claim for average bonus payments during downtime at Cavan Crystal Limited. The recommendation was signed on 29 January 1988. The union said workers who met production targets should be protected from losing bonus earnings during interruptions. Cavan Crystal Limited argued the incentive scheme was intended to be self-financing and that paying average earnings during downtime would undermine it. The Court said no major downtime problem appeared to have arisen since an earlier recommendation.