Labour Court recommends £22,033.15 annual rate for Iarnrod Eireann depotpersons

The Labour Court recommended an annual rate of £22,033.15 for a 39-hour contract for six Area Senior Depotpersons at Iarnrod Eireann, with pro-rata adjustments for longer contracts. Its recommendation was dated 5 September 2001. The Services Industrial Professional Technical Union sought to regrade the workers as Traffic Coordinators and link their pay to Signal Person Grade 1. It said their wide-ranging relief duties, unsocial hours and short-notice roster changes supported the claim. Iarnrod Eireann proposed a five-day roster across seven days, composite pay and a maximum average 48-hour week, citing the need to address demarcation and restrictive practices. The Court recommended keeping the existing Signal Person Grade 2 pay link, provided the union accepted the company’s full range of changes. It said contract hours should reflect operational needs, between 39 and 48 hours, and recommended further talks on extending the new-entrant salary scale. It also urged the parties to discuss unified negotiating structures.