Labour Court recommends backdated salary increases for five Irish Rail managers

The Labour Court recommended that Irish Rail pay five Production Managers salary increases retrospectively to January 1998, following a dispute over their pay and grading. The Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association argued that their pay should match that of Professional Engineers, while the company said a review and independent report supported the increases already applied. The recommendation was dated 28 February 2001. The Court said it had no basis to doubt the independent report and that the company’s review appeared to have taken its findings into account.