Labour Court does not recommend service pay for Quinnsworth part-time workers

The Labour Court did not recommend extending service pay to eligible part-time workers at Quinnsworth's Tullamore branch. The recommendation was signed on 22 December 1992. The Irish Distributive And Allied Trades Union sought the payment for eight workers, arguing the existing agreement should cover them. Quinnsworth said the applicable town agreement did not provide service pay for part-time staff. The Court considered the union's interpretation of the trade agreement incorrect and the claim contrary to the Programme for Economic and Social Progress.