Labour Court recommends against seven-day pay scale for Rehab Group houseparents

In 1996, the Labour Court recommended against the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union's claim to keep two houseparents at The Rehab Group on the seven-day salary scale after they transferred to a five-day hostel. The recommendation, dated 11 November 1996, said the group's position was reasonable and did not recommend conceding the claim. The union said the houseparents would continue doing the same duties, including cooking, cleaning, shopping and receiving visitors. The Rehab Group argued that the five-day scale was appropriate for five days' work and that applying the seven-day scale would set an unsustainable precedent.