Labour Court rejects relocation payment claim for OPW workers

The Labour Court did not recommend concession of the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union and Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians’ claim for £1,000 per worker in relocation compensation for about 21 Office Of Public Works workers in Kilkenny. The recommendation was signed on 1 June 1990. The unions said the move from central Kilkenny to Hebron Industrial Estate would increase travel time and costs for most workers. The Office Of Public Works cited a 1983 directive against disturbance payments and disputed the extent of the inconvenience. The Court recommended that the parties discuss individual difficulties for workers who had walked to work.