Labour Court recommends concession of UCD plumbers’ allowance claim if no agreement is reached

In 2000, the Labour Court recommended that University College Dublin concede the Amalgamated Engineering And Electrical Union’s claim for a higher dirty-money allowance for six plumbers unless the parties agreed to end the existing practice. The recommendation was dated 19 September 2000. The claim sought an increase from £2.50 to £5.00 per day, backdated to May 1998. The Court said relevant aspects of the MEBSCA Agreement had been applied to the employees over the years. The College argued that a different pay agreement applied.