Labour Court recommends Bank Of Ireland end some one-to-one meetings during industrial action

In 1992, the Labour Court recommended that Bank Of Ireland generally stop seeking individual meetings with staff who said the Irish Bank Officials' Association was handling a matter for them. The recommendation, dated 12 February 1992, allowed for exceptional circumstances. The association alleged that interviews during planned industrial action had intimidated staff; the bank denied having a policy or intent to threaten employees. The Court said it could not investigate specific allegations because individual cases had not been detailed, but accepted that one-to-one interviews about industrial action could carry an implied threat. It also recommended that the parties negotiate a code of conduct for such situations when the industrial relations climate settled.