Labour Court recommends pay-scale points for two workers in Multy Products dispute

In 1990, the Labour Court recommended that two workers in a pay-scale dispute involving Multy Products (Ireland) Limited and the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union be placed at the points they would have reached if the scales had not been altered. The recommendation was signed on 11 June 1990. The company had changed junior staff pay from an age-related scale to a service-related one. It said it assumed the revised scales were accepted because neither the union nor staff objected, and said the two workers had agreed to their pay terms. The union said no agreement had been reached and that the workers had lost earnings. The Court said the company should not have changed the agreement unilaterally, while also finding that the union should have ensured it responded to the proposals. It recommended that the parties discuss the company's proposals within two weeks; if they did not agree, the Court said it would be prepared to make a further recommendation.