Labour Court urges urgent national consideration of care assistants’ pay claim at An Breacadh Nua

The Labour Court recommended urgent national consideration of a union claim over care assistants’ pay at An Breacadh Nua, Ard Aoibhinn Centre, in a recommendation dated 18 May 1998. The Services Industrial Professional Technical Union argued that care assistants’ duties differed from general operative work and that their pay rate was inappropriate. The Centre rejected the claim, citing national pay arrangements and the risk of setting a precedent. The Court said the claim had national implications and made no specific finding.