Labour Court rejects pension backfunding claim for 18 Arnotts workers

In 2002, the Labour Court rejected a Services Industrial Professional Technical Union claim for pension backfunding for 18 workers at Arnotts PLC’s Henry Street branch. The recommendation, dated 16 March 2002, said Arnotts had acted reasonably and found no merit in the union’s arguments. The union said members had not been made aware that joining the optional pension scheme was in their interests. Arnotts said employees had been advised about the scheme and noted that eight union members joined in 1990.