The Labour Court recommended individual compensation for earnings lost after the decentralisation of the CIE Information Bureau, under an agreed formula capped at £4,400. It did not recommend conceding a separate claim for disturbance payment. The recommendation was signed on 27 September 1988. The dispute involved Iarnrod Eireann, Bus Eireann, Bus Atha Cliath and the CIE Clerical and Supervisory Trade Union Group. The union sought to retain existing salary and conditions, including shift allowance, and also sought disturbance compensation. The Court said the grade assimilation agreement did not apply to the claimants, but found no good grounds for preferential treatment. It recommended that individual earnings losses be calculated by comparing current weekly earnings with prospective earnings under the new rates, including Sunday work.