Labour Court makes no specific recommendation on psychiatric nurse training pay

The Labour Court made no specific recommendation on the Irish Nurses Organisation’s claim that a postgraduate training rate be applied to a worker at the Mid Western Health Board. It urged the parties who negotiate national rates to seek an agreement. The recommendation was signed on 9 January 1989. The union argued that the Board’s sponsorship rate for an 18-month general nursing course was below national rates. The Board said higher payments could make the training places unavailable. The Court recognised both the concern about undermining national rates and the value of the training opportunity, and called for discussions between the parties who negotiate those rates.