Labour Court rejects NUIG chief technician's claim for added pension years

The Labour Court did not recommend granting added pension-service years to a chief technician at National University of Ireland Galway. The Services Industrial Professional Technical Union argued that the worker's technical post qualified under the university statute; the college said the provision applied to other grades. The Court said the worker's pension-service shortfall arose because he had been employed elsewhere before joining the university in 1969, rather than because he lacked the qualifications for the post. It said wider anomalies should be addressed at a national forum. The recommendation was dated 30 August 2002.