Labour Court opens NEC Semiconductors day jobs to both shift patterns

The Labour Court recommended that future selection for day work at Nec Semiconductors Ireland Limited be open to workers on both eight-hour and 12-hour shift cycles. The recommendation was signed on 16 September 1994. The Services Industrial Professional Technical Union challenged the company's decision to restrict four new day-job vacancies to eight-hour operators. It argued that all shift workers should be able to apply, while the company said using eight-hour workers was more practical. The Court considered the union's claim reasonable and recommended plant-wide selection for trial or permanent day work.