Labour Court rejects union claim for equal Tedcastles severance payments

The Labour Court recommended against the claim by the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union, Dublin No. 2 Branch, for Tedcastles Oil Products Ltd clerical staff to receive the same severance payments as distribution operatives. The recommendation was signed on 19 January 1990. The union sought an additional £15,000 or £20,000 per clerical worker, matching payments offered to distribution operatives. The Court considered the groups’ circumstances sufficiently different to justify different redundancy packages. Clerical staff could refuse voluntary redundancy, while the distribution operation was ending.