Labour Court urges talks on pension treatment of Cork Corporation garage overtime

The Labour Court recommended that Cork Corporation and Services Industrial Professional Technical Union raise the pension treatment of mandatory overtime with the appropriate authorities, seeking an accommodation consistent with the Court’s principles. The recommendation was dated 17 December 1998. The union argued that regular overtime worked by garage staff should count as normal working hours and pay, allowing workers to pay the superannuation liability weekly rather than at retirement or through deductions from their pensions. The Court agreed the overtime was regular, rostered and mandatory and saw merit in the claim, but said Circular Letter S7/91 prevented the Corporation from implementing such a recommendation directly.