The Labour Court recommended a payment-on-retirement system for seasonal workers at Irish Sugar/Erin Foods, backdated to 1995. In a recommendation dated 27 March 1998, it said the company and the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union should negotiate a scheme based on defined contributions, a retirement lump sum, or a combination of the two. The union sought a defined-benefit pension for seasonal workers, with benefits calculated pro rata and backdated to their original start dates. The company was prepared to discuss a defined-contribution scheme but opposed back-funding.
Labour Court recommends retirement payments for Irish Sugar seasonal workers
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