Labour Court declines sick pay and service pay claims at Barretts & Co. Ltd

The Labour Court declined the Services Industrial Professional Technical Union’s claims for improved sick pay and service pay at Barretts & Co. Ltd. The recommendation was dated 3 January 2001. The union sought to extend full sick pay from two weeks to eight weeks and introduce weekly service payments for long-serving staff. The Court found the company’s sick pay scheme was not substantially out of line with comparable employments, making that claim prohibited under the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness. It upheld the employer’s argument that the service pay claim fell outside the programme.