Labour Court recommends further talks on pay and hours at Anglo Irish Beef Processors

The Labour Court recommended further discussions and evidence gathering on pay increases and the 39-hour week at Anglo Irish Beef Processors Limited's Waterford plant. The recommendation, dated 15 August 1997, concerned about 55 workers. The parties were the company and the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union. The Court said the evidence on pay increases and hours was contradictory. It recommended that the parties meet and present supporting evidence, and, if they could not agree, that an agreed third party examine pay and hours and report back. It also recommended discussion of redundancy wording and that overtime, sick pay and pensions be addressed through the union group.