Labour Court recommends further talks on part-time assistants’ eligibility at National College of Art & Design

In 2000, the Labour Court recommended further discussions between the National College Of Art & Design and the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union about eligibility for part-time technical assistants. The recommendation was signed on 18 May 2000. The dispute concerned whether 416 hours of reckonable service had to be worked in one year or could be accumulated over four years. The Court said the parties had agreed that 416 hours represented one year of reckonable service, but its application had not been clarified. It recommended examining a threshold below 416 hours that could allow more assistants to qualify while addressing the College’s concerns.