Labour Court recommends five weeks’ redundancy pay per year for Semperit catering staff

In 1996, the Labour Court recommended statutory redundancy payments and five weeks’ pay per year of service, excluding statutory amounts, for catering staff employed by R H Catering at Semperit Ireland Limited. The recommendation was signed on 2 December 1996. The Services Industrial Professional Technical Union had sought the redundancy terms paid to Semperit’s direct employees, along with £400 gross and £250 in vouchers and outstanding sick pay. R H Catering said it would pass on money received from Semperit for PCW Phase 3 and PESP Clause 3, but said enhanced redundancy payments were not feasible. The Court recommended implementing PCW Phase 3 from the date due and including PESP Clause 3 in redundancy calculations. It also recommended that the union not pursue the sick-leave claim.