Labour Court recommends internal competition for St James's Hospital biochemist vacancies

The Labour Court recommended that two upcoming biochemist vacancies at St. James's Hospital be filled through internal competitions among qualified staff in the Biochemistry Department. The recommendation was dated 26 October 2001. A worker represented by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association challenged an earlier confined competition, saying eligible staff had not been properly informed. The hospital said the earlier competition was part of a restructuring agreement with IMPACT and was limited to existing biochemists in the department. It said the worker was not employed as a biochemist and was unaffected by the restructuring. The Court's recommendation concerned two upcoming vacancies, at senior and basic biochemist grades, and limited the competitions to serving qualified staff in the department.