Labour Court recommends four-week talks on Cork Corporation contractor plans

The Labour Court recommended that Cork Corporation and the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union set aside about four weeks to present and discuss contractor plans, then refer disputed issues to a third party. The recommendation was signed on 8 August 2000. The dispute concerned a 1996 agreement on the Corporation’s use of contractors and notice to the union. The Court said the union had no veto, but the Corporation could not implement disputed proposals before a third-party decision. It said the Corporation should present its programme, discuss and clarify it, then implement it subject to referral of disputed items.