Labour Court rejects unions’ claim over Dublin Corporation pay deduction

The Labour Court found no grounds to uphold a claim by the Irish Municipal Employees Trade Union and the Services Industrial Professional Trade Union over a 5.5-hour pay deduction from three Dublin Corporation road workers. The recommendation was dated 14 September 1990. The workers had declined to use a concrete saw in heavy rain, saying they would start when it eased. The unions argued the weather practice and safety concerns supported their claim; the Corporation said the supervisor’s instruction should have been followed.