Labour Court recommends John Ronan And Sons and union agree procedures after workers’ hours dispute

In 1993, the Labour Court recommended that John Ronan And Sons and the Amalgamated Transport And General Workers Union agree procedures for accident and absence issues and negotiate a broader company-union agreement on absenteeism. The recommendation was dated 3 September 1993. The dispute followed the company’s decision to cut three workers’ hours to 39 a week without overtime after concerns about their accident and absence records. The Court said the workers should not have been categorised that way without agreed procedures, but did not consider the company’s action over absenteeism unreasonable. The 39-hour restriction had been lifted. The Court recommended erasing the warnings if the agreement was implemented and the workers achieved acceptable attendance in the meantime.