Labour Court recommends continuing higher overtime rate for Trinity library guards

In 1989, the Labour Court recommended that Trinity College Dublin continue paying its library guards the consolidated rate for non-rostered overtime until the College and workers negotiated a change to their employment terms. The Federated Workers' Union Of Ireland said the higher rate had been paid under a local arrangement since 1980. The College said its policy provided for the basic rate on non-rostered overtime. The Court found that the higher payment was sufficiently established by custom and practice to be a valid employment condition. The recommendation was signed on 23 August 1989.