Labour Court backs Rotunda Hospital plan to use contract cleaners

The Labour Court recommended that the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union accept Rotunda Hospital’s proposals to use contract cleaners in a new wing. The recommendation was signed on 13 October 1994. Rotunda Hospital said contract cleaning would be more cost-effective and would not eliminate permanent jobs. The union disputed the hospital’s cost estimates and raised concerns about the effect on existing workers. The Court considered the hospital’s proposals reasonable and recommended that the union accept them.